(c. 1774 – 1837) was a convict turned pastoralist, meat contractor, and publican in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia).
[1] In 1800, at the age of 26, he was convicted of receiving nine stolen sheep from his brother, Richard[2] and in 1806 was transported to the then newly established colony of Van Diemen’s Land, now Tasmania.
Leaving behind a wife, Sarah, and an infant daughter, Ann (whom he would never see again)[3] Field travelled en route to Launceston on the Fortune to Sydney and then the Sophia to Port Dalrymple.
As a free man he continued acquiring land and cattle and by 1820 had become the main supplier of meat for the Launceston region.
[7] Further town properties were purchased, and as a result, Field reportedly owned one-third of the land and buildings in central Launceston at one time.