The Charlotte Medallion

 

From Memory The Charlotte Medallion Came Yo For Auction After 220 Years Around 2014/2o15

Th Australian Government Purchased The Coin For Approx $750,000 - $800,000

The Significance Of The Charlotte Medallion Is That It Was Etched By A Convict, I Forget His Name 2 Days Agter The First Fleet Landed At Sydney Cove In 1788. 

Unfortunately He Was Also the First Convict To Be Hung For Stealjng A Pork Ration And Some Peas. About 2 Weeks After The Fleet Landed 

Arthur Phillip Had Warned Everybody On The 7th Of January 1788 When His Commission From King George III Was Read to All Convicts And Military On The Beach At What Is Now Circular. Quay 

The First Execution In The Colony - Corner Essex St & Harrington Street

The First Execution -  Cnr Essex & Harrington Streets

In 1788 Convict Thomas Barrett Stole Some Butter, Peas And Pork From Camp Provisions. 

This is as far as he got. A Gallows Tree Located Here Between the Male And Female Convict Camps Was Used For The deed.

The Convict Thomas Barrett Engraved The Silver Charlotte Medallion On Board The Charlottwe in Botany Bay 1788