The King of Iceland, founder of Hobart, Jorgen Jorgensen 29 March 1780 – 20 January 1841

 Jorgen Jorgensen was talented in many ways; sailor, spy, seditionist and silly bugger.

He was present at the foundation of Hobart, witnessed the Battle of Copenhagen, arrested the Danish Governor of Iceland then declared himself the Protector of Iceland - which lasted barely 2 months before he was voted off the island and back to England.

He managed to get employed by the British Intelligence Service where he translated documents and wandered about as a spy during the Napoleonic Wars, but then ran into a little trouble where he was accused of theft and voted back to an island , Tasmania.

The Convict King is immortalised in stone relief on the beautiful Ross Bridge with his crown.

Further reading -

Jørgen Jørgensen: The Convict King

The Body in the Bathing Box Sorrento 1927

 On 17th May 1927 the body of a deceased man, estimated to be aged 30, was discovered in a bathing box on the Ocean Beach of Sorrento, Victoria.

It was determined he had died from starvation and exposure approx. a week earlier.

Despite having tattoos - a figure of a lady, an American flag and the name 'T. McKenna', he was buried as an unknown.

Strong possibility he was a sailor lost overboard from a ship but no reports seem to have been made as such.

Coincidently there was a Thomas McKenna buried in Sorrento but there does not appear to be any link with the family.

*Mind you there are 31 'unknowns' who were buried in 1927 !