Brothel owner with Mary Cray/Holehouse, in Melbourne and then in Ballarat East.
Born 1817 London, England, cook, Prot, can read only
Convicted Per – Isabella to VDL in 1836 under sentence of 10 years.
Married to Mary HOLEHOUSE also a convict. Mary per Tory 1845 VDL. Previously married and children
Married 1849 Mary Holehouse and John Cray

Wife and 3 children at Brown’s Diggings – presumably Mary. See Mary Cray
They came to Victoria about 1851 on the Shalia?
Ref: Claim a Convict – https://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/convictDetails.php?convictId=109727

23 Dec 1859 vagrancy, 6 mths hard labour, tried at Smythesdale.
Prisoner number 4845 page 489 VPRS 515
10s7lb, 5’5 1/2”, dark complexion, black hair, hazel eyes, large nose, large mouth, sharp chin, black eyebrows, long visage, medium forehead, age in 1860 is 39 years, native place London, Protestant, Slight scar on the right eyebrow. Scar on bridge of nose, scar on left little finger, scar on left middle finger.

9 Jan 1860 from HM Gaol to Collingwood- Gaol ‘good’
3 June 1861 to Collingwood

Prisoner number 11899 page 381 VPRS 515
John Cray, 5’5”, sallow, black hair, grey eyes, DOB 1817, POB London, cook, CE, cannot read or write. Previously convicted see register page 489. 26.10.63-1 month, 28.12.63 assault 2 months, 22.9.64 24 hours or 20/- fine, 21.10.65 3 months, 6.4.66 1 month, 13.3.67 3 months, 28.10.70 6 months in default fourteen.
Ballarat Gaol 7.5.74 6.8.74 Freedom by time
Ballarat Gaol 4.3.75 July 1875 …?
11.8.75 Freedom by remission

Victorian Police Gazette- John CRAY, Ballarat East, 1874
Occupier of a house of ill-fame, 3 months, Born 1817 London, cook, 5’5 ½”, hair grizzly black, grey eyes, several convictions