Life Summary - John Irving - Australian Dictionary of Biography

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Irving, John (c. 1760–1795)

	Irving, John (c. 1760–1795)
Born	c. 1760 England
Died	12 September, 1795 (aged ~ 35) Parramatta, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Cultural Heritage	English
Related Entries [View as tree]	Considen, Dennis (work colleague) Tench, Watkin (colleague) Clark, Ralph (colleague)
Passenger Ship*	Lady Penrhyn (1788) (convict)
Occupation*	convict (1784-1790) New South Wales, Australia surgeon (1788-1795) New South Wales, Australia emancipist (1790-1795) New South Wales, Australia farmer (1792-1795) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events*	First Fleet (1788) (convict)
Legacies*	Irving St (Parramatta, NSW) (eponym) John Irving community garden (Harris Park, NSW) (eponym)
Maps*	Plan of the Allotments of Ground, Granted from the Crown in NSW, J Burr and G Ballisat, 1814 (location)
Key Places*	Ceres hulk (London) (convict, 1785-1787)
Convict Record	Crime: theft Sentence: death Commuted To: 7 years Court: Lincolnshire Trial Date: 6 March 1784 (1784)
Pre-transportation	Occupation: surgeon
Post-transportation	Children: Yes (1)

* Dates are approximate