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New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 7 March 1832 (No.1)
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230388108
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 7 March 1832 (No.1)
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New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 7 March 1832 (No.1)
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230388110
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 21 March 1832 (No.3)
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230388161
Apparently being supplied with new blankets and shoes, among other things, wasn't enough to stop a number of convicts from absconding. If you are lucky enough to have one of your ancestors who were given free passage on a one way cruise, listed here, then you're in luck.. as this list contains very good descriptions.
Note that not all escaped from barracks or prisons, some from road gangs, some from in service, and a number are listed as multiple times 'running'. I guess you have to admire their determination.
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 21 March 1832 (No.3
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230388164
Another list of absconders was issued on March 28, 1832...
Note that both male and female convicts were named in these lists.
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230388164
Absconders 12 March, 1832
Broad, William
Brown, James
Carthy, Michael
Corrigan, Patrick
Charters, John
Clarke, William
Harrison, James
Henshaw, James
Hollander, James
McDonald, John
McAdam, Peter
Mitchell, Marten
Moran, Bartholomew
Mahoney, John
McFarlane, George
Maloney, Denis
McAllister, Cesar
Murray, Edward
Moody, Richard
Neighbour, James
Richardson, John
Smooth, John
Sanderson, John
Sleeford, Charles
Taylor, Thomas
Thompson, John
Watson, Charles
List of Runaways apprehended
Bond, Robert
Berry, George
Boland, Francis
Boland, Thomas
Braeburn, Robert
Cruckshanks, James
Clare, John
Cook, Thomas
China, William
Caulfield, Sarah
cronan, Patrick
Doyle, Peter
Emery, William
Fitzpatrick, William
Flannigan, Michael
Hopper, John
Holloway, William
Jenkinson, Robert
Jones, John
Kinslow, Charles
Knight, William
Kelly, John
Luske, Matthew
McDade, Bernard
Moses, Hyam
Murphy, John
McDonald, Ann
Norris, Ann
Plomer, George
Pickett or Piggot,
Smith, Ellen
Saunders, Francis
Thompson, Peter
Webster, William
Welsh, Julia
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 28 March 1832 (No.4)
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230388173
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230388173
Another list of absconders was issued on March 28, 1832...
Note that both male and female convicts were named in these lists.
Absconders 28 March, 1832
Ahern, Owen
Bassett, Thomas
Bladen, Thomas
Bowers, William
Bradley, John
Callaghan, Mary
Charters, John
Davis, James
Davis, John
Day, William
Denham, Henry
Donohue, John
Dosed, Thomas
Downer, Augusta
Doyle, Miles
Fenwick, William
Flanagan, Thomas
Fleming, Henry or John
Gregory, James
Hewiston, William
Hawson or Hanston, William
Higgins, Patrick
Hoare, Michael
Howarth, Thomas
Ingram, John
James, Benjamin
Johnson, Neil
Johnson, William
Jones, William
Kearns, Patrick or Moses
Keane, Andrew
Kelly, James
Kelson or Kitson, John
Ladair, Francis
Lear, William
Lee, Thomas
McCarthy, John or James
McCarthy, John
McCollin, Isabella
McCormack, John
McCullock, William
McDermott, Michael
McQueen or McKeon, James
Mitchell, Robert
Moran, Andrew
Mulvaney, Patrick or Thomas
Murphy, Anthony
Neville, John
Plomer, George
Powell, William
Probert, Edward
Reardon, John
Roach, John
Sewell, James
Slevin, Mary
Smith, Patrick
Sullivan or Murphy, Daniel
Swinden, William
Thomas, John
Todd, John
Toohig, Catherine
Wale or Vale, Joseph
Weatherstone, John
Webb, Charles
Winkles, Joseph
List of Runaways apprehended
Brown, John
Carthy, Michael
Charters, John, Eliza and Larkins
Cooley, Jeremiah, John
Cusack, John, Sophia
Douglass, John
Ducy, Michael
Gregory, James
Harris, Thomas
Hayes, Robert
Henry, Hugh
Horan, Edward
Kelly, John
Lander, Ellen
Lennox, James
McFarlane, George
McGuirk, Peter
McQueen, James
Moses, Hyam
Mullene, William
Musgrave, Thomas
Nunnery, William
Pitt, Henry
John, Richardson
Saunders, Peter
Shea, James
Smith, John
Taylor, Thomas
Wall, William
Webb, Charles
Welsh, James
A Chain Gang, Sidney (Sydney) NSW
NSW Dept. Education & Training
The Government Printer was kept busy with regular lists of absconders...
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 4 April 1832 (No.5)
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230388194
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230388194
Absconders 4 April 1832
Asling, John, Mary
Burns, Michael
Bothell, John
Bradshaw, Thomas
Carpenter, Charles
Crocker, John
Dexter, John
Gardner, William
Guillois, Benjamin
Hughes, Henry
Harris, Thomas
Hughes, John
hardy, William
Johnson, Elizabeth
James, Benjamin
Ingram, John
Jones, James
Lane, John
McNally, Thady
Masterman, John or Thomas
McDonald, William
Oakes, James
Price, Thomas
Pearson, Ralph
Robinson, John
Smith, John
Smith, William
Smith, Peter
Stathard, James
Shed, Margaret
Travick, John
List of Runaways apprehended
Ahern, Owen
Bassett, Thomas
Broad, William
Bond, Robert
Bradley, John
Bowers, William
Clarke, William
Cartwright, Thomas
Cross, Robert
Charters, John
Day, William
Dover, John
Dunn, Joshua
Donovan, William
Dennis, Francis
Farmer, Henry
Flanagan, William,
Huff, William,
Halfpenny, William, Ann and Amelia
Johnson, William
Jebson, Charles
Kelly, James,
Kirby, Henry
Lear, William
Lennox or Allen, Richard
Lowry, James
Muir, Gilbert
Maloney, Denis
McFarlane, George
Owens, James
Oates, William
Palmer, William,
Probert, Edward
Roach, John
Sconce, William
Smith, John
Smith, Thomas
Sullivan, Daniel
Todd, John
Topping, James
Welsh, John
Winkles, Joseph
Severe floggings could leave men unable to work while their wounds healed, or make them hostile towards their employers.
Governor Macquarie reduced the number of lashes that could be inflicted.
He favoured more 'humane' punishments, of a mental rather than physical nature.
Solitary confinement and time marching on the treadmill were increasingly used to encourage convicts to mend their ways. NSW Dept. Education & Training
Thanks for sharing these lists Chris, very interesting. Thankfully none of mine on there, looks like they all settled into living a decent life even though Robert Hobbs (Active 1791) was charged with stealing a pair of shoes and subjected to a 100 lashes - no record he ever received them though. It seemed very harsh punishment considering he probably needed shoes desperately.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, Bev... it certainly was a brutal time in our history. I am both fascinated and horrified by the lives so many lead, despite the conditions. There is so much more to learn about them and I am ever grateful for all that TROVE has to offer.
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