Thomas Burbury b. c.1809

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Sentenced to death in 1832 for participating in a protest against automated looms creating unemployment for weavers such as himself, Burbury was sentenced to death before being commuted to transportation. While waiting for his fate to be decided, he engraved a medal token with 'WHEN THIS YOU SEE THINK ON ME'. On arriving in Tasmania Burbury's life and career was thereafter a steady rise to wealth
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  • Wilson, Robert (1999), '(Review of 'Convict Love Tokens’)’, Canberra Times, Panorama, 07-03, p.24, Book: 'Convict Love Tokens’ Michele Field and Timothy Millett (eds.), Wakefield Press.

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