sentences:  His parents had moved to Hobart from Sheffield, England in February 1820, where Curr's father went into business as a merchant.Curr's father left Tasmania for England in June 1823, and on his return voyage wrote "An Account of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land principally designed for the use of Emigrants", which was published in 1824, he later returned and became the chief agent of the Van Diemen's Land Company, and in November 1827, the family moved to the Circular Head region, where the company held substantial lands.Curr was sent to England for his schooling, and was educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, from 17 December 1829 to 10 August 1837, and the following year boarded at Douai School in northern France to study French.