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Voyage
Transportation
John Baker was transported on the Malabar, departing 14th Jun 1819 and arriving 30th Oct 1819 with 172 passengers.
Malabar (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 184 |
| 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
Four of the seven miserable men under sen tence of death at Ipswich have been reprieved, viz. Charles Rayner and J. S. Baker, for horse-stealing; Wm. Neave, for a burglary at Friston ; and Joseph Webb, for shooting at Mr. Baker. Bury and Norwich Post, 21 April 1819. Yesterday se’nnight the following convicts were removed from Ipswich County Gaol to the hulks at Portsmouth : — William Neeve, Charles Rayner, John Sterry Baker, George Smith, Thomas Death, and Robert Harvey, to he transported for life; and Hubert Marjoram, John Bates. Frederick Rivett, and Henry Rice, to be transported for seven years. Bury and Norwich Post, 21 April 1819.
17/6/1817: Aged 19 - married Elizabeth Huggins at Blo Norton, Norfolk, Eng. 7/4/1819 Bury and Norwich Post Suffolk, England: John Sterry Baker, for stealing a grey mare poney, from Samuel Salter, of Wortham. 13/7/1825: Found guilty of sheep stealing - death sentence - commuted. Sent to Moreton Bay for 14 years. 7/12/1825: Arrived Moreton Bay per 'Mermaid'. On arrival at Moreton Bay - John was 27 years old, 5'7½" tall, dark complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes. 8/1/1826: Absconded from Moreton Bay - for more than 14 years he lived with the Upper Brisbane native tribe. He became known as Booralsha. 4/8/1840: Returned to the settlement. He was not punished and was employed as an interpreter. 1860: John Sterry Baker died in Queensland aged 62.