Sandy aka Dandy - Synopsis

Sandy, who was also known as Dandy, was arrested in March 1839 alongside four other Aboriginal men (Billy, Jemmy, Cooper, and King Jackey). The five men were charged with stealing from a dwelling house belonging to John Browne, John Hector, and Edward Trimmer in the area of the Gwydir and Namoi Rivers. All five men were convicted and sentenced to five years' transportation. Sandy arrived on Cockatoo Island on 3 October 1839 and died in the General Hospital on 17 November 1839, only six and a half weeks into his sentence. 

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This file contains language contained in colonial records that is offensive to Aboriginal people today. It also contains descriptions of Aboriginal people who have passed away, and documents colonial frontier violence and incarceration.