in the old Devonshire Street Cemetery, beside those of Archpriest John Joseph Therry and Archdeacon McEncroe. Plunkett was the author of The Australian Magistrate; a Guide to the Duties of a Justice of the Peace, first published in 1835 and reissued in at least three subsequent editions; The Magistrate's Pocket Book (1859), and On the Evidence of Accomplices (1863). Plunkett was dignified and somewhat austere in manner, though he could relax on occasions such as the annual St Patrick's Day dinner which he chaired. Plunkett had much ability and exercised great influence in the early days of education in New South Wales and in the anti-transportation movement. John Fairfax said he was "the greatest friend of civil and religious liberty in the colony", and he was in advance of his time in his attitude to the land question, and in his advocacy of manhood suffrage. Family John Plunkett's niece, Georgina Isabella O'Sullivan née Keon (Daughter of Ferdinand Keon 1794-1876 and John's sister Margaret Plunkett) published 'Twofold Bay Waltzes in 1864 dedicated to her uncle, John Plunkett. The Cover artwork shows a view from the Eden residence of her brother George Plunkett Keon JP, a police magistrate who was buried in 1899 with his brother Hubert Keon. References 1802 births 1869 deaths Politicians from County Roscommon 19th-century Irish people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Presidents of the New South Wales Legislative Council Attorneys General of the Colony of New South Wales Solicitors General for New South Wales Australian King's Counsel Irish emigrants to Australia Australian Roman Catholics 19th-century Australian politicians Vice-Chancellors of the University of Sydney