David Stuurman (abt. 1773 - 1830)

Born about 1773 in Gamtoos River, Eastern Cape

Died 22 Feb 1830 at about age 57 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• African convicts transported from South Africa to Australia
• Notables of African Ancestry in Australia

Biography

David Stuurman has African ancestry.

David Stuurman is Notable.

David Stuurman was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales

David Sturrman was a leader of the Khoi people and a political activist who fought against Dutch and British colonial administration. He was a banished person.^{[1] [2]}

David Stuurman had a wife and children in South Africa. He also had a brother by the name of Klaas Stuurman^[3]

He had been tried in Cape Town, on a charge of resisting civil powers ^[4] and was sentenced to life imprisonment on the penal settlement at New South Wales as a convict after the third fleet.^[5]

In April 1823, the convict ship, Brampton, reached Sydney. Among the convicts on board were Stuurman, another Khoi called Jantjie Piet and 11 other South Africans. They were received at Table Bay. ^[6] (see resource notes). Other convicts aboard were Irish Protesters transported under the Insurrection Acts. ^[7]

His wife drew up a petition to Queen Victoria of Britain for his release, but to no avail.

After six years in compulsory government employment, Stuurman was given permission to work for wages for himself. On 22 February 1830, Stuurman died in the General Hospital in Sydney. ^{[8] [9]}

Resource Notes

• David Stuurman's surname is misspelt as Thurman at ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: David Sturrman
2. ↑ sbs.com.au. deep history of african migrants in australia
3. ↑ longmarchoffreedom.co.za Bronze Statues
4. ↑ 1900 'Children's Corner.', The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), 18 August, p. 390. , viewed 27 Mar 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18554192
5. ↑ Taylor & Francis Online. David Stuurman: “last chief of the Hottentots”
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} free settler or fellon convict ship brampton (1823)
7. ↑ freesettlerorfelon.com. political prisoners
8. ↑ sahistory.org.za david sturrman
9. ↑ 1879 'STUURMAN, BROTHERS—PATRIOTS and HOTTENTOTS.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 6 May, p. 7. , viewed 27 Mar 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13434050

See also:

• Wikipedia: Dawid Stuurman
• sanationalsociety.co.bz South Africa in Sydney by Tony Voss.pdf
• kentakepage.com. David Stuurman leader of the khoi people
• iol.co.za south africa seeks return of khoisam chiefs remains
• freesettlerorfelon.com convict ship brampton (1823)
• pressreader.com south africa Bid to have Khoisan chief's remains brought home
• bbc.com. David Stuurman: The South African who twice escaped Robben Island