Summary
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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Robert Atkinson was transported on the Theresa, departing 28th Mar 1845 and arriving 3rd Jul 1845 with 220 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood barque of 497 Tons.
Theresa (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 274. --0-- http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/ai01863 |
| 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
31 January, 1853: Robert Atkinson, aged 33, died in hospital at Impression Bay (Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Register; Registers of convict deaths, 1845-1874). 3 February, 1853: He was buried on the Tasman Peninsula; ceremony performed by Samuel B Cookes (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-2p142j2k). Note: Impression Bay, now called Premaydena, was "the most important out-station on the peninsula after Port Arthur. It opened in 1841, initially growing vegetables, and by 1846, there were 445 convicts based at the station and four doctors were employed. A long tramway ran through the middle of the settlement to a jetty on Premaydena Bay... A large brick and stone prison was set into the side of the hill... Situated in a fertile valley, the station was a base for timber milling (primarily used at the Saltwater River coal mine) and wood manufacturing until the local timber ran out in 1857. For six months it became a quarantine station for 300 passengers from the migrant ship Persian affected by typhoid fever. The land was then sold and the area changed its name to Premaydena." (https://www.ourtasmania.com.au/hobart/premaydena.html)
4 July, 1845: On arrival in VDL, he was listed as convict #15827, a groom and shepherd, aged 24, single, able to read and write a little, and Protestant; native place Easby, North Yorkshire(https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-67$init=CON33-1-67p13). 27 January, 1852: He was granted a Free Certificate (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-67$init=CON33-1-67p13). --0--
31 December, 1844: Robert Atkinson was sentenced to transportation for 7 years for stealing a sack (aka a poke) from John Carter at Kirby; he had a previous conviction for stealing stockings (6 months) (http://foundersandsurvivors.org/pubsearch/convict/chain/ai01863). --0--