John Casey (Australian convict)

John Casey (died 1882) was an Irish rebel, who was caught and tried in 1824 and transported to Australia in 1826. He won his freedom by helping capture the bushranger, John Tennant, in 1828 and became one of the early pioneers of the Gundaroo district. John Casey came from Loughmoe in County Tipperary.[1]

  1. ^ L.L. Gillespie, A Pictorial History of the Read/Reid Family in Australia, 1849-1979, Canberra, 1979, pp. 3-4; J. Casey, The Caseys of Loughmoe, Sydney, 2000, pp. 21-26; J. McDonald, 'The Caseys and Canberra's Convict Past', Canberra Historical Journal, no. 77 (September 2016), pp. 16-21.