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Peter Tyler (1803–1842)

On Wednesday evening a compositor named Peter Tyler, employed on the Australasian Chronicle, hung himself on a tree in the vicinity of the New Government House. A domestic belonging to the Governor's establishment discovered the body suspended from a tree as he was driving some cows home, and communicated the intelligence at Government House, when his Excellency proceeded to the spot, and cut the body down, but life was extinct. An Inquest was held yesterday at Driver's, when it appeared that the deceased had got into difficulties, which preyed upon his mind, and induced him to commit the awful deed. A verdict of temporary insanity was accordingly returned.

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'Tyler, Peter (1803–1842)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/tyler-peter-34902/text43992, accessed 14 April 2025.

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Life Summary [details]

Birth

1 January, 1803
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England

Death

6 July, 1842 (aged 39)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

suicide

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Convict Record

Crime: theft
Sentence: life
Court: Old Bailey, London
Trial Date: 13 September 1820
(1820)

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Occupation: printer

Post-transportation

Children: Yes (1)