Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Richard Barrett was transported on the Nithsdale, departing 26th Dec 1829 and arriving 12th May 1830 with 184 passengers.
Nithsdale (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 272 |
| 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
When Richard was arrested and brought to court he on the 15th June 1829, he was originally sentenced to 7 years servitude in the Australian colonies, when charged of stealing a pig from George his brother. A second sentence on 4th July for Burglary ensured his transportation and added a further 7 years to his sentence. Richard was assigned to John Macarthur at Camden Park, where he would meet and marry an Aboriginal woman from the Dharawal nation and survivor of the 1816 Appin massacre, Giribunger, whom he called Annie or Nanny. Richard and Giribunger had 5 children together 3 daughters and 2 sons: Susan, Richard, Margaret, Mary, and James, who were all born at Camden Park. Richard Barrett died in 1856, aged 60. Richard and Nanny are buried in an unmarked grave at St John’s Church Cemetery. According to Dharawal elder, Glenda Chalker, Nanny died in 1870, and was taken by the Macarthur women to be buried at St John’s. The Church records show that the Macarthur family provided the plots that contain the graves of Nanny, Richard and their children.