 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Description: Captain John Peyton Jones arrived in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) with the 63rd Regiment Of Foot on the 16 October 1830. After a short time, he was placed in charge of a military party at Eagle Hawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula, south of Hobart. On his initiative a chain line of savage dogs were placed across the narrow isthmus at Eagle Hawk Neck to prevent the escape of convicts from the work gangs in the Port Arthur area. Governor Franklin appointed John Peyton Jones to the position of Police Magistrate at Westbury on the 30 July 1841. Later he was elected the first Warden of the Westbury Municipal Council in 1863. Mr Jones died at the age of 82 on the 21 November 1891 and was buried in the Anglican and General Cemetery in Dexter Street, in Westbury,Tasmania. Format: Pictorial and artistic works Object: photographs Titles: John Peyton Jones Institution: Westbury Historical Society Object number: WEHS_0121 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Westbury Historical Society. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
This site has been produced by LINC Tasmania.
This page was generated at 31 August 2012, 11:09:39 AM.
The URL for this site is http://eheritage.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/
Questions concerning this web site may be directed by email to linc@education.tas.gov.au
The records and images on this web site have been provided by the Tasmanian local history organisations participating
in the eHeritage project. Records and images may not be reproduced without the prior consent of the individuals groups
who provided the record. For contact details for each of the groups click on their institution name in their full record.
You are directed to a disclaimer and copyright notice and a Personal Information Protection statement governing the information provided.
