We have just finished our projects on Prosperous and have learnt a lot.
Our teacher has asked us to type on this website some facts about Prosperous.

I learned that Robert Brooke built Prosperous. He was from Cavan. He wanted to build a cotton industry. He was a poor business man and the cotton industry failed.

I learned that  he  built many buildings. He built  Downings house, the post office and the  buildings near it.

I learned that he died in 1811 in St,Helena. He named Prosperous Bay.

I learned about the 1798 rebellion, It started in Prosperous and was all over Ilan