ABSCONDED CONVICTS 28th Sep 2021

A selection of notices from 1825, NSW & Tasmania, great descriptions of many. They note the country of origin..many Irish,  the offence committed, former occupation, length of sentence, etc.

The Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser 13 Jan 1825

Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821 - 1825), Friday 8 April 1825, National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1090646

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During its peak, the penal colony at Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula had turned into a small town.(State Library of New South Wales, public domain )

Hobart Town Gazette (Tas. : 1825 - 1833), Saturday 12 November 1825, page 3, National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8791503

Hyde Park Barracks, courtesy of Sydney Living Museums

Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Thursday 27 October 1825, page 4 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2184584

as above

Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Thursday 27 October 1825, page 4

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Government and General Order. Colonial Secretary's Office, 25th October, 1825.

THE Governor has been pleased to approve of the following Appointments :... 

In the Town of Liverpool-Thomas Cole (free), to be a Constable, in the Room of M'Donald, resigned.

In the District of Cawdor-Stephen Curran, Ship Baring, (1st), to be Constable and Scourger.

In the District of Bringelly-Robert Smith (free), to be Chief Constable, in the Room of Bradley, dismissed ; and Michael M'Mahon (free), to be Poundkeeper, and an Ordinary Constable, in the Room of Smith, promoted.-.Appointments to bear Date the 2lst Instant.

In the District of Windsor -.Colebee, a Black Native, to be a Constable, from the 15th Instant, in the Room of Yurramoroo, absent without Leave.

By His Excellency's Command, F. Goulburn, Colonial Secretary. Principal Superintendent's Office,

Sydney, October 25, 1825

THE undermentioned Prisoners having absented themselves from their respective Employments, and some of them at large with false Certificates, all Constables and others are hereby required to use their utmost Exertions in lodging them in safe Custody: ---

2. Appleby, Thomas Tottenham, 26, Coventry, 5 feet 7 and a half, hazle eyes, brown hair, ruday complexion, Government Servant to Mr. Thomas Chaseling, Portland Head.

3. Bright, John Malabar, 23, Southwark, 5 feet 2 and 3 quarters, blue eyes, brown hair, fair pale complexion, from Bathurst Station.

1. Barber, Jacob Minstrel, 22, Hardwick, 5 feet 7 and a half, grey eyes, brown hair, fresh comp. from Mr. H. M'Arthur's Clearing Party.

2. Carnegy, Charles Adamant, 31, London, 5 feet 6 and a half, dark eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, Go-vernment Servant to Mr. George Morris, Sydney.

3. Dyer, John Asia, 20, Queen's County, 5 feet 4 and 3 quarters, light blue eyes, brown hair, brown freckled complexion, from escort to Parramatta Court.

2. Evans, Edward Elizabeth, 25, Gloucestershire, 5 feet 5, dark hair, dark brown eyes, sallow complexion,

Government Servant to Mr. Thomas Chaseling, Portland Head.

I. Godden, James Mangles, 26, Hants, 5 feet 3, blue eyes, brown hair, brown comp. from Longbottom.

1. Leonard, Patrick Lonroch, 30, Drogheda, 5 feet 6 and a half, grey eyes, light brown hair, freckled comp. from Mr. F. Jones, Liverpool, charged with Robbery.

1. Laragy, John Isabella (2), 24, Monaghan, 5 feet 3, grey eyes, brown hair, freckled comp.from Hyde Park Batrack. 

3. Landridge, John Grenada (2), 21, St. Leonard, 5 2 and a quarter, grey eyes, black hair, dark florid com-plexion, from Bathurst Station. .

3 Leach, Wm. Admiral Gambier, from Owen Meehan's Road Party.

3. Murphy, John Dick, 21, London, 5 feet 4, hazel eyes, brown hair, dark sallow complexion, from Bathurst Station.

2 Mackay, Patrick Minerva (3), 24, Thurles, 5 feet 4 and three quarters, hazle eyes, brown hair, ruddy freckled complexion Lieut. Bell's Clearing Party.

I. Mullen, James Lonnoch, 24, Roscommon, 5 feet 6, grey eyes, dark brown hair, fair freckled comp. from Mr. Lawson's Clearing Party.

1. Reid, James Lonnoch, 19, County Mayo, 5 feet 4 and a half, grey eyes, dark brown hair, fair freckled comp. from Mr Lawson's Clearing Party.

2. Ramsay or Rambluy, Thomas Larkins, 28, Bucks, 5 feet 5 and a half, hazel eyes, sandy hair, florid comp. Escaped from the Watch-house, Bringelly, under charge of Felony.

2. Savage, Amelia Grenada, 23, London, 4 feet 1 and a quarter, dark eyes, black hair, pale complexion, Govern-ment Servant to Mr. John Eyre, Parramatta

1. Taylor, Henry Ann (2), from Mr. Moore's Clearing Party.

Any Person harbouring, concealing, or maintaining any of the said Absentees, will be prosecuted for the Offence.     F. A. Hely, Principal Superintendent.

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UNCLAIMED LETTERS Trove Tuesday 21st Sept. 2021 Part 2.

 

Unclaimed letters can be intriguing. You can't help but scour the lists in the hope that you will see a familiar name.

Before we explore them further, let me answer the same questions I am always asked when I post these lists..

" NO, they aren't available for researchers, or anyone else to read." 

"Yes, they most likely have been destroyed." 

"Sorry, I have no way of knowing if any of these people mentioned have been found."

Of course, that won't stop us wondering.. what if? 

Note the red star.. I had hoped that seeing that entry would make it a 'red letter day' for me..no such luck, still haven't found where John Goopy Snr ended up. The blue star was just a reminder for me..

PART 2. 

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 20 August 1858 (No.123)   National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229600720