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Transportation
Sarah Atherley was transported on the Coromandel And Experiment, departing 31st Oct 1803 and arriving 7th May 1804 with 338 passengers.
Coromandel And Experiment (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 360 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Sarah Atherley, for robbing the House of Wm. Lunn, of Amington, in the day time; Coventry Standard, 15 Aug 1803. Assize Intelligence. Sarah Atherley, for robbing a house at Amington; Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 15 Aug 1803.
Sarah Atherley got a free passage back to England on "Kangaroo". The circumstances were these: The government brig “Kangaroo” was being sent by Governor Macquarie back to England, he believing the brig inadequate for its purpose and that its commander, Captain, Charles Jeffreys, was incompetent and lazy. Macquarie wrote in his diary on 29 January 1817: “I have ordered Lt. Jeffreys not to engage to take any Passengers Home but such as may have my permission, it being my intention, in pursuance of Orders received from the Secry. of State – to send Home in the Kangaroo as many Persons as she can conveniently accommodate who have lately become free by their Sentences of Transportation having expired.” In the Sydney Gazette of 1st and 8th February 1817, the Governor's secretary advertised that the 'Kangaroo' was being sent back to England with Despatches, and "that Passages will be provided for fifteen Women of the above Description [i.e. former convicts who have obtained their freedom by Servitude]; but none need apply who shall not produce written Testimonials of their decent and orderly Conduct in this Country, subscribed by the Clergyman and Magistrate of the District wherein they reside ..." Applications were to be received by the 15th February. ----------------------------------------------------------- List of Females who have been convicts permitted by His Excellency to Embark in the Brig Kangaroo for England to be victualled at the expense of the Crown. 33, Jane Scott; 34, Hannah Pleasant Jones; 35, Sarah Hills; 36, Ann Coleman; 37, Sarah Tilletts; 38, Ann Taylor; 39, Sarah Atherley; 40, Jane Ewen, 41, Agnes Lock, per ship Glatton under sentence for 7 years and came to the Colony in 1803. Appd. (Signed ) L.M.
Colonial Secretary index. ATHERLEY, Sarah. Per "Experiment", 1804 1817 Mar 29 On list of former convicts permitted to embark on "Kangaroo" for England (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.102) 1817 Apr 4 On list of passengers departing for England on H.M. "Kangaroo" (Reel 6046; 4/1737 p.275)