Within a year he was sent to the penal settlement at Port Macquarie as a punishment for further crimes committed in the colony .
Backler arrived in Sydney on board the Portland on 25 May 1832 and was assigned to the Department of Surveyor General Sir Thomas Mitchell .
Within a year Backler was sent to the penal settlement at Port Macquarie as a punishment for further crimes committed in the colony .
Backler arrived in Sydney on board the Portland on 25 May 1832 and was assigned to the Department of Surveyor General Sir Thomas Mitchell .