William Charles Thomas and his wife Mary Woodrow, arrived in the Swan River Colony on the Sterling in 1833. Their eldest daughter was born during the voyage and another eight girls and two boys were born in Albany. When William first arrived he was a servant/bricklayer. In 1841 he was made a Police Constable at Albany but in 1843 was again working as a stonemason. He was involved in many buildings at Albany including St. John's Church of England rectory. William died of consumption in Albany on the 1 November 1867 at the age of 55 years. Mary also died in Albany on the 13 August 1895 aged 81 years.