Chapter 71

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This is the Heritage listed house, in April 2018. Two hundred years after construction. This is the Heritage listed house, in April 2018. Two hundred years after construction.‘Papa is so happy, Teddy. Thank you, the house he wanted to build for Mama since the early days on Norfolk Island, is finished.’ James Tedder’s chest puffed out just a little as his wife draped him with praise. He had worked harder as a free man than he had as a convict. Sitting in his chair by the fire in the kitchen, he recounted his achievements since the pardon: land grants, contracts to sell meat to the Government Stores, the completion of the Cullen house and the birth of a beautiful baby girl, Margaret. ‘Now that your father’s grand house is finished, Catherine, I think it’s time we tried our luck in Hobart

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