John Hambleton

John Hambleton was listed as 16 years old on arrival. Place of Birth: Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England. Transported for Stealing 1 handkf {1 Pr boots} also broke end. stole 3 coats 3 hats 2 lbs tea coffee & other articles. John was 4'11¼" tall, fresh complexion, black hair and eyes, face freckled. 1835 Muster: Public Works. 6/1/1840: TOL 26/7/1841: Free Certificate. John Hambleton was and actor, but was frequently billed singing songs and comic songs between the plays at the theatre in Launceston and Sydney, and briefly Maitland and Geelong. In Sydney in November 1848 he introduced "An entirely new Local Comic Song, Advance Australia, or Sydney as it was. Another regular hit of his was The unfortunate man. John and his wife left Victoria for the Californian Goldfield in 1849. In 1851 he returned to England and underwent an extreme evangelical conversion, and returned to Australia to proselytise in the 1880s. 8/12/1889: John Hambleton died in Geelong, Vic., aged 69. 10/12/1889 The Age, Melbourne: HAMBLETON.— On Sunday, 8th December, at Geelong, John Hambleton, aged 69. Home papers please copy.