George BARNETT (1801 - 1874) born c1801 Hampshire, England.
Occupation ploughman, labourer, farmer
On the 27th Dec 1824 George and his brother John were tried at Surrey for stealing a mare and sentenced to life. On the 26th April 1825 George was transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) aboard the Medina. On arrival George was assigned to Captain Clarke at the Clyde (Bothwell) and by 1832 he was assigned to Thomas Anstey. In 1834 George was granted a ticket of leave and four years later on the 20th Feb 1838 he received a conditional pardon. Three years later on the 1st September 1841 George was granted a certificate of freedom.

Elizabeth BACON (1812 - 1859)
daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth BACON of New Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Elizabeth was tried on the 5th April 1832 and received a 7 year sentence for stealing 4 silver teaspoons, a bed curtain, a linen sheet, a linen pillowcase and 2 table knives from her employer William Tooley. Elizabeth stated that her master had asked her to falsify the paternity of her child in exchange for freedom from prosecution. Elizabeth and her child were transported aboard the Frances Charlotte which departed Downs on the 15th Sep 1832 after an outbreak of Cholera onboard had claimed 10 lives. No further cases of cholera were recorded on the voyage and the vessel arrived in Hobart, Tasmania on the 10th January 1833. Upon arrival Elizabeth was sent to the House of Correction and by 1835 Elizabeth was assigned to Thomas Anstey the former Police Magistrate at Oatlands. Presumably this is where George and Elizabeth met and began family life.
Four children were born to the couple while they were living at Oatlands. George, Elizabeth, and their 5 children were passengers aboard the Water Witch which departed George Town on the 8th September 1845 for the short voyage to South Australia. While living in Adelaide Elizabeth had two more children a son John who only lived three weeks and a daughter Sarah.
By 1853 the family had moved back to Tasmania and were living in Launceston. Elizabeth died on 4th July 1859, aged 46 and was buried at the Cypress Street Cemetery on the 6th July 1859.

Several members of the family made a new life for themselves in Victoria.

George Barnett died at Opossum Gully (Bendigo), Victoria in 1874 and was buried on the 20th May 1874 at the Kangaroo Flat Cemetery.

Children:

Mary	1830 - 1866
Elizabeth	1836 - 1929
Bridget	1837 - 1918
Ellen	1840 - 1924
William N	1842 - 1913
John	1847 - 1847
Sarah	1848 - 1924