Tags: Criminal.
Joseph Potaski (c. 1764 – 31 August 1824) was the first Pole to settle in Australia and one of the first convicts to arrive in Van Diemen’s Land on the Ocean. Joseph Potaski worked hard to establish himself as a successful farmer in colonial Hobart. This was however undone by the exploits of his family. Joseph Potaski reflects the attitudes of those convicts who never progressed beyond their criminal past.
