back to Hobart in the William Glen Anderson, arriving in November 1831. He was sent to Richmond gaol, where in 1832 he became a "javelin man", or convict constable. In 1834, he was transferred to Port Arthur Convict Settlement. In 1835, authorities granted Solomon a ticket of leave on condition that he lived at least from Hobart. Family break-up When Solomon was released from prison he took up residence at New Norfolk and tried to reunite with his family, but the two elder sons seem to have left Van Diemen's Land by then. Solomon had become estranged from his wife and children and there were violent quarrels. Most of the children took their mother's side. Some sources say that Solomon turned the children out of his house, and others say that the children turned out their father. Ann Solomon was returned to the Female House of Correction as a result of some of these altercations. Her daughter Ann had to write numerous petitions before her mother was released in September 1835. Solomon and Ann lived apart for the remainder of their lives. The elder Ann Solomon was granted a ticket-of-leave in November 1835, and a conditional pardon in May 1840. Solomon remained in New Norfolk until 1838. He was living at New Town in 1840 when he was granted a conditional pardon. He received his certificate of freedom in 1844. Death Solomon died on 3 September 1850, and was buried the next day in the Jewish cemetery in Harrington Street, Hobart. His estate was worth no more than £70. What remained of the little Jewish cemetery, possibly the oldest Jewish cemetery in Australia, was bulldozed in 2002. It had been officially closed in 1872, and following the seizure of the property by the state in 1945, what memorials remained were removed as an apartment complex was built on the site over the next decade. Literary treatment Solomon remains known as the person upon whom Charles Dickens may have based the character of Fagin in the novel Oliver Twist. Solomon's life has been the subject of several works, including: The First Fagin by Judith Sackville-O'Donnell, Prince of Fences: The Life and Crimes of Ikey Solomons by J.J. Tobias, The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay, , a historical novel that was made into a four-part miniseries that aired in Australia Thanks a lot, Guv! – The Stories of Eight Convicts, from Trial