Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p George Atkinson (1764 – 20 June 1834), also known as George Atkins, was an English convict sent to Australia aboard a ship of the First Fleet.Convicted for the theft of clothing and a book from a London boarding-house in 1784, he was sentenced to seven years transportation and sent to the Australian penal colony of New South Wales where he was put to work on a Norfolk Island farm. On expiry of his sentence Atkinson married and took up careers in farming, law enforcement and as a mariner. In 1811 he purchased a half-share in a seagoing sloop, becoming one of the colony's earliest ship owners.Bankrupted within three years, Atkinson resumed to work as a police constable and labourer. He died in 1834 and was buried near St James' Church, Sydney.. }
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- George_Atkinson_(convict) abstract "George Atkinson (1764 – 20 June 1834), also known as George Atkins, was an English convict sent to Australia aboard a ship of the First Fleet.Convicted for the theft of clothing and a book from a London boarding-house in 1784, he was sentenced to seven years transportation and sent to the Australian penal colony of New South Wales where he was put to work on a Norfolk Island farm. On expiry of his sentence Atkinson married and took up careers in farming, law enforcement and as a mariner. In 1811 he purchased a half-share in a seagoing sloop, becoming one of the colony's earliest ship owners.Bankrupted within three years, Atkinson resumed to work as a police constable and labourer. He died in 1834 and was buried near St James' Church, Sydney.".