After 185 years, Quebec Patriot gets his wish with crosses from New Zealand shipwreck
François-Xavier Prieur was one of dozens of Patriots who were exiled to Australia aboard the HMS Buffalo as punishment for their part in the 1837-1838 uprising in, now Quebec. He later wrote in his memoir of his desire that pieces of the ship be sent to his home as a reminder of what he had suffered.
Kurt Bennett, who works for Heritage New Zealand and is a member of the HMS Buffalo Re-examination Project, helped organize a ceremony in April to mark the start of the crosses’ journey to Canada. He said it was an emotional moment, in part because of the attendance of one of the prisoners’ descendants.“I think it was that sudden realization that we’re now granting someone’s wish 185 years on; also knowing that family connection, I think it was quite a moving day,” he said in a recent interview.
, which tells the story of Prieur and the 57 other Patriots who were exiled to Australia on board the ship.
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