Jeremiah Downing was a labourer, convicted in Yorkshire of ‘stealing from a person’ and sentenced to 7 years prison in Australia. Transported on the Bussorah Merchant on 24 March 1828 to New South Wales, he later married and has many descendants. 

This website is hosted by descendants of Talbot Downing from Western Australia, now living in South Australia, Queensland, New Zealand and USA.

Find out more about Jeremiah and his descendant here

Talbot’s children – Don, Michael and John Downing, Adelaide 198X