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Lewis Bird was transported on the Waterloo, departing 12th Mar 1829 and arriving 9th Jul 1829 with 127 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 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 4 |
| 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. Lewis Bird, per Waterloo, 1829, Certificate of Freedom, 20 Sept 1836, No 36/0952. --------------------------------------- Absconded. Burn Lewis, No. 29-1331, Waterloo, 44, Silk Weaver, London, 5 feet 4½, light grey eyes, brown to grey hair, ruddy comp. sun, moon, and stars, and other marks on right arm, anchor on left, scar centre of forehead, from Mr. John Jones, Bathurst. Sydney Gazette, 16 Jan 1833. ----------------------------------------- Tried at the Old Bailey, 29 May 1828 1263. LEWIS BIRD was indicted for stealing, on the 2d of May , 1 table, value 3s. , the goods of Richard Lang . RICHARD LANG. I am a carpenter , and live in White Lion-street, Norton-folgate . On the 2d of May, about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, I was returning up Blossom-street, opposite my own house, and saw the prisoner come out of my door with this table; it is a private house; I went up, and asked where he was going with it, and whose it was - he said it was no ones; I said it was mine - he dropped it, and ran off; I pursued, and took him. My door is sometimes on the latch - the table stood on the first floor landing. Prisoner's Defence. A man asked me to help him move: if he had gone into the door he would have seen him. PROSECUTOR. I saw no man. GUILTY . Aged 35. Transported for Seven Years .