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 It was only in 1842, around the time George Roberts drew this following sketch of King Street, that Sydney was declared a city.  \\
 {{:king_street_towards_st._james_church_sydney_ca._1842_drawn_by_george_roberts.jpg?400}} Courtesy Mitchell Library, SLNSW\\
-Transportation would soon cease in the eastern states, but had left its mark. Many families would, for generations, hide what was called the criminal stain. Thanks to propagandists like {{https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wentworth-william-charles-2782|William Charles Wentworth}} and the introduction of assisted migration, TLM-P was far from the only free migrant to arrive in NSW in 1839: there were 10,549 of them, plus 2,314 convicts. In total, there were 76,351 free settlers, 38,035 convicts and an unknown number of Aboriginal survivers.((Wray Vamplew (ed.), Australians Historical Statistics, Fairfax, Syme and Weldon, 1987, pp.26, 104-05.))\\
+Transportation would soon cease in the eastern states, but had left its mark. Many families would, for generations, hide what was called the criminal stain. Thanks to propagandists like {{https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wentworth-william-charles-2782|William Charles Wentworth}} and the introduction of assisted migration, TLM-P was far from the only free migrant to arrive in NSW in 1839: there were 10,549 of them, plus 2,314 convicts. In total, there were 76,351 free settlers, 38,035 convicts and an unknown number of Aboriginal survivors.((Wray Vamplew (ed.), Australians Historical Statistics, Fairfax, Syme and Weldon, 1987, pp.26, 104-05.))\\
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