Elizabeth BEARE

In Memory Of

ELIZABETH BEARE

8th child of Lucy Ann & Thomas Hudson Beare

Born in London on 16.10.1834 : died at Netley, S.A. on 9.1.1846

Arrived at Reeves Point on 27.7.1836 on board

the "Duke of York", the first emigrant ship.

Carried ashore by 2nd Mate Robert Russell

enabling her to be known as the

FIRST COLONIST

Interred at West Terrace Cemetery

Erected by the Kangaroo Island Pioneers Association Inc.

27 July, 2006