Claim: In 1844, George Alexander Anstey went back to England with one of his brothers; on his return to Tasmania, he was shipwrecked in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and in 1847 he took sheep to Port Phillip, sold them to John and Somerville Learmonth, and returned to Oatlands, his father's estate.
Evidence: In 1834, Anstey went back to England with one of his sisters; on his return to Tasmania, he was shipwrecked in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel.