Editing James Ruse (section)

==Early life==

James Ruse was born at [[Launceston, Cornwall|Launceston]], [[Cornwall]], England on 9 August 1759.<ref name="ADB">{{cite book |last=Fletcher |first=B.H. |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography |work= |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |chapter=James Ruse (1759–1837) |access-date=14 October 2011 |chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ruse-james-2616}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Symonds |first=Trish |date=19 February 2011 |title=JAMES RUSE |url=https://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/emigrant_pdfs/ruse_james_1787.pdf |access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref> He was baptised on 26 August at [[Lawhitton]].<ref name=":0" />

In 1782, he was tried at the Cornwall [[Assize Court|Assizes]] and sentenced to death<ref name="ADB" /> for "seriously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Thomas Olive and stealing thereout 2 silver watches and other goods".{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} He was reprieved<ref name="ADB" /> and sentenced to [[Penal transportation|transportation]] for seven years.<ref name="BODNSW" /><ref name="DAB">{{cite web |last=Serlte |first=Percival |title=Dictionary of Australian Biography R |url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogR.html#ruse1 |access-date=14 October 2011 |work=Dictionary of Australian Biography (1949 Edition) |publisher=Angus and Robertson, 1949}}</ref> He was sent on the ''[[Scarborough (1782 ship)|Scarborough]]'',<ref name="ADB" /> one of the [[First Fleet]], and arrived in Australia on 22 January 1788.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}