George Brand

George Brand was a convict transported to colonial Western Australia. Born in Perthshire, Scotland around 1820, Brand married Isabella Duncan in January 1840. Over the next seven years they had three sons and one daughter.

Brand was working as a carter in 1852 when he was convicted of theft at Edinburgh;

Brand was sentenced to 14 years' transportation, and arrived in Western Australia on board in June 1855. He received his ticket of leave the following year, and took up employment in the Greenough area. By the time he received his conditional pardon in August 1859, his wife and children had emigrated to the colony to join him. A fifth child was born in 1861.