Ann Rumsby (1803–1850) was a female convict involved in a scandal in 1820s New South Wales.
She was transported to Australia on the convict ship Mary Ann.
Samuel Marsden used this to discredit Dr Douglass, who was accused of seducing Ann.
[2][3][4] As Marsden was anti-emancipist, it is said this contributed to the emergence of democracy in New South Wales.
[2][5][6][7] Rumsby's story was dramatised in an episode of the television series Behind the Legend.