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William Audy was transported on the Waterloo, departing 2nd Oct 1837 and arriving 8th Feb 1838 with 224 passengers.
1829 - Waterloo's first voyage arrived at Sydney Cove 9 July 1829. 180 Male Convicts. 2 Died on voyage. 7 sent to the hospital on landing. Total mustered; 171. Stephen Addison - Commander Michael Goodsire - Surgeon Superintendent [His wife was a passenger] 1842 - The Waterloo voyage of 1842 was wrecked on 28/8/1842. 189 people drowned, these being 143 convicts, 15 men of the 99th Regiment, together with 17 wives and children, the boatswain Mr. Chiverton, the sailmaker, the carpenter and 11 of the crew. Convicts were then received in Cape Town Prison from the wreck of the Waterloo, 2nd September 1842. They then completed their voyage to VDL per “Cape Packet” which arrived on 23/11/1842.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 156 |
| 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
He and Zephyr Laneuville broke into the house of P Richer dit Lafleche in Montreal, and stole tea and butter &c, then disposed of this to a tavern keeper named Deschamps, at the Tanneries in Montreal, pretending these were smuggled goods. Charged with burglary, transported to the hulk Justitia at Woolwich, then sent to Sydney on the Waterloo, worked for coxman Cadman in Sydney on govt barges, then on a steamer packet 'Experiment' in Brisbane,before working for land owners Kennedy, Ivory Ross and North in Brisbane valley as a cook. He suffered loss of sight by 1866 and was housed in the blind ward of the Benevolant asylum at Dunwich, on North Stradbroke island for the last 2 years of his life, where he is buried. He was single, and had no offspring. He was the eldest son in a family that had been orphaned by his father in 1828 and his mother during the cholera epidemic in 1832. He had to go to work as a youth on the steam packets on St Lawrence river to support his siblings while in the care of an aged & widowed grandmother.His parents were Laurent Phillipe Roy-Audy & Marie Euphrosine (Reeves) Audy of Quebec city.