Hume and Hovell Expedition - The Party

The Party

Apart from Hume and Hovell, there were six convict members of the expedition. These men played their own valuable role in making the journey a successful one.

• Claude Barrois (stated as Bossawa in records), became one of Hume's men just before the expedition. He never married and died in the Sydney Convict Hospital in 1841.

• Henry Angel, was one of Hume's men. Granted ticket of leave in July 1825. He later accompanied Sturt and Hume in 1828.

• James Fitzpatrick, was one of Hume's men, who later took up land between Cootamundra and Gundagai; later bought 'Glenlee' station near Campbelltown, died at 86.

• William Bollard, was one of Hovell's assigned servants. He never married and died at Penrith, NSW in 1868.

• Thomas Smith, was Hovell's assigned servant. He later married Sarah Dean, had two children and died at Eastern Creek, NSW in 1837.

• Thomas Boyd, was known to Hume as a well-respected horseman, bushman and swimmer, was at the time indentured to the Kennedy family and Hume arranged for Boyd to join the party as one of Hovell's men. Returned to Tumut district and settled on Gilmore Creek. He married, had 12 children and died at 'Windowie', near Tumut, on 27 June 1885, aged 86 years. He is buried in the Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, where a headstone marks his grave.