Thomas Jeffries
Bushranger, Deceased Person
– 1826
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Who was Thomas Jeffries?
Thomas Jeffries, also known as Mark Jeffries, was a bushranger, serial killer and cannibal in the early 19th century in Van Diemen's Land. Jeffries was transported for life from Scotland on the Albion, arriving in Van Diemen's Land on 21 October 1823. He was sentenced to 12 months in Macquarie Harbour, the penal settlement on the colony's west coast in June 1824 for threatening to stab Constable Lawson. By August 1825 he had been appointed a watch house keeper and flagellator at Launceston Gaol, which would have suited his sadistic personality.
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- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Lived in
- Tasmania
- Died
- May 4, 1826
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on July 23, 2013
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