James Ruse British Criminal
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Details
| First Name |
James
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| Last Name |
Ruse
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| Birthday |
9th August, 1759
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| Birthplace |
Launceston, Cornwall, England
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| Died |
5th September, 1837
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| Place of Death |
Campbelltown, New South Wales
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Farmer, Convict
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| Occupation |
Criminal
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James Ruse (9 August /1759 – 5 September 1837) was a Cornish farmer who, at the age of 23, was convicted of burglary and was sentenced to seven years' transportation to Australia. He arrived at Sydney Cove on the First Fleet with 18 months of his sentence remaining. Ruse applied to Governor Arthur Phillip (of the colony) for a land grant, stating that he had been bred to farming. Governor Phillip, desperate to make the colony self-sufficient, allocated Ruse an allotment at Rose Hill (now Rose Hill near Parramatta), where he proved himself industrious and showed that it was possible for a family to survive through farming. Ruse received a land grant, from which he grew and sold 600 bushels of corn 30 acres (120,000 m). Ruse was the recipient of the first land grant in New South Wales. Ruse would later exchange the Rose Hill grant for more fertile land on the Hawkesbury River. later in his life, after almost losing his farm and thus going bankrupt because of flooding, Ruse found work as a seaman, and later, a farm
overseer.
