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.. }
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- George_Atkinson_(convict) comment "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.".