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The Lady Juliana in tow of the Pallas Frigate

Elizabeth Steel, the first recorded deaf convict in Australia, arrived on board the Lady Juliana.

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From the Royal Museums Greenwich, available via Wikimedia Commons
Plate II. The Lady Juliana, PY8432
From the Royal Museums Greenwich, available via Wikimedia Commons

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