# Rupert Deering

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**Captain Rupert Deering**, soldier and penal administrator of the [99th Regiment](/source/99th_Regiment_of_Foot_(disambiguation)), was Commandant of the second [convict settlement](/source/Convict_settlement) at [Norfolk Island](/source/Norfolk_Island). His tenure lasted from the departure of [John Price](/source/John_Giles_Price_(Commandant)) in January 1853 to September of the same year.

During his time, the settlement was being wound down. Prisoners, guards, and civil officers and their families were moved to [Port Arthur](/source/Port_Arthur,_Tasmania) in [Van Diemen's Land](/source/Van_Diemen's_Land), present day Tasmania.

There was one last event of convict defiance when, in March 1853, some convicts seized a government launch and attempted to row to freedom. In July, news was received that the launch had reached the coast of [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) and some of the runaways had been captured.

## References

- [Hazzard, Margaret](/source/Margaret_Hazzard), *Punishment Short of Death: a history of the penal settlement at Norfolk Island*, Melbourne, Hyland, 1984. (ISBN 0-908090-64-1)

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