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Elijah Balls was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 430 |
| 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
NSW Convict Index. Elijah Balls, per Royal Admiral, 1830, Ticket of Leave, No 34/1527. District, Williams River; Born, Suffolk, Bolton; Trade, Labourer; Tried, Suff SP GD. Elijah Balls, per Royal Admiral, 1830, Certificate of Freedom, 15 Feb 1837, No 37/0143.
Leviathan Hulk Records. HO-9-8_6 page 11/54. Received from Bury St Edmunds, 30 March 1830. Elijah Balls, age 22, Felony having been before convicted of felony, Tried 28 Dec 1829, Bury St Edmunds, 7 years, To NSW 26 June 1830, R. Admiral.
At Bury Borough Sessions, on Monday last, before the Recorder, Elijah Balls, for stealing a pair of boot-legs, three pairs of pinchers, one pair of shoes and other articles, the property of William Lang Collins, shoemaker, of Hepworth, was sentenced to 7 years transportation. Suffolk Chronicle, 2 Jan 1830 Convicts On Monday week, eight convicts were removed from Bury Gaol, to be put onboard the Leviathan Hulk, lying in Portsmouth harbour; viz. Elijah Bales, Thomas Forbister, Wm. Stiles, Augur Hills, James Smith, Robt. Trudgett, and Arthur Palfry, to be transported for seven years, and Thomas Durrant, for life. Suffolk Chronicle, 10 Apr 1830