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Joseph Lucas Horrocks was convicted of forgery in London in 1851 and sentenced to 14 years transportation to Australia. Upon arriving in Fremantle in 1852, he differed from most convicts in that he was well-educated and older. He earned his ticket of leave and established a successful copper mine called Gwalla, building a community around it. Despite failing health, Horrocks continued developing the community, establishing a school and requesting the first public railway, which opened after his death in 186

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