Elizabeth Throsby
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Elizabeth Isabella Throsby was an Australian survivor of the 1809 Boyd massacre.
Portrait of Throsby by Richard Read, 1814
The Blowing Up of the Boyd by Louis John Steele, 1889
Detail of the portrait
Throsby in her later years
Alexander Berry
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Alexander Berry was a Scottish-born colonist and merchant who, in 1822, was given a large land grant of 10,000 acres with 100 convicts to establish an estate on the south coast of New South Wales, Aus
Elizabeth Throsby
…of the 70 passengers and crew, including Throsby's mother. Throsby and three other survivors were rescued a few weeks later by merchant and explorer Alexander Berry, who took them to Lima, Peru. Throsby remained there for 10 months. Berry then took her to Rio de Janeiro where they arrived a full two years after…
Berry, c. 1856
Alexander Berry monument at Berry, NSW, Australia