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William Buckley, esaped English convict in Australia, (1886). Buckley (1780-1856) was transported to Australia in 1803 as punisment for stealing cloth, a charge that he denied. He escaped and lived in an Aboriginal community for many years. Wood engraving from 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I', by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886).