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Charles Bogan was transported on the Hougoumont, departing 10th Oct 1867 and arriving 9th Jan 1868 with 281 passengers.
875 ton ship was built at Moulmein in 1852. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/on-this-day-in-history-australias-last-convict-ship-docks.htm ---------------------------- Incorrect Image ....This is a four masted steel hulled Barque in the drawing , im surprised Australian Geo didn't do a bit more research on this .......The Hougoumont was a works ship on the Forth Bridge Project in 1885 ....the one potrayed as a drawing in Aust Geo is the later version of this ship.....the photograph i have attached is the correct and original convict vessel. --00-- 1867 "The hired convict ship Hougoumont, which has been taken up by the Government for the conveyance of a numerous party of convicts to Freemantle, Western Australia, left the Nore on October 1, and proceeded down Channel, after receiving on board 150 convicts from the establishments at Chatham and Millbank. The convicts from the Chatham establishment, at St. Mary's, embarked from the dockyard on board the paddle-wheel steamer Adder, Mr. W. J. Blakely, and were in charge of a numerous party of convict guards and wardens, all heavily armed. Among the convicts shipped were a party of fifteen Fenians, who were engaged in the late conspiracy in Ireland, together with the officers and crew convicted of scuttling the ship Severn, and some others who have achieved notoriety from their crimes. The Fenian convicts, like the remainder of the prisoners, were chained together in gangs, but it was observed that they were kept apart from the other convicts in a portion of the vessel by themselves. The steamer Petrel also took down a number of convicts from the establishment at Millbank for shipment on board the Hougoumont, in charge of a strong escort and convict guard. On Tuesday, October 8th, the Hougoumont arrived in Portland roads. Shortly before midday ninety convicts were marched down to the Government pier at Portland under a strong escort of the 12th Light Infantry. The party included twenty-three Fenian convicts, among whom it was said, was Moriarty. The Government steamer employed in the breakwater service was used for conveying the convicts on board the Hougoumont transport ship. The convicts were chained together on embarking, and on board the steamer a strong guard of marines from her Majesty's ship St. George was formed, and saw the convicts safely placed on board the Hougoumont. The Governor of the penal settlement at Freemantle, Captain Young, is on board the Hougoumont, and returns in that ship to his sphere of duty after paying a visit to his native land." Source: Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 19 Dec 1867, p4, English Shipping, available on Trove at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271?searchTerm=hougoumont.
HougoumontReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/19, Page Number 256 |
| 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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OTHER: Is this "our" Charles Bogan who, supposedly, left WA in 1889? 10 August, 1898 -- West Australian (Perth), p7: "THE MT. ELIZA DEPOT. COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY. FOURTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The inquiry into tho allegations concerning the management of the Mt. Eliza Depót was continued before the Commissioner, Mr. A. S. Roe, P.M., at the institution yesterday afternoon. Mr. Draper watched the proceedings on behalf of the Master, Mr. J. P. Wade. The witnesses were examined by Mr. Draper... CHARLES BOGAN [my emphasis] said that he had been in the institution for 18 months. He had never seen any instances of cruelty to the inmates on the part of Mr. Wade, who treated the sick inmates well. Whenever complaints were made to Mr. Wade he remedied the matters complained of, if he possibly could. He corroborated the evidence given by other witnesses as to Mr. Wade's attention to the patients when visiting the wards. He described the death of Douglas, who was taken to the infirmary as soon as there was a vacant bed. 'Bleeder', who died in the infirmary, was not neglected. In regard to the accident to Smith, which had resulted in his breaking his leg as the effect of slipping on the floor of the infirmary, he said that the doctor had seen Smith on the second day, he thought, after the accident. --0--
IN WA: From his Fremantle jail record: BOGAN, Charles; inmate #9670, arrived 10 Jan 1868 per Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1834 Marital Status: Widower Occupation: Baker Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Glasgow Crime: House breaking Sentence Period: 10 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 20 Jun 1869 Certificate of Freedom Date: 22 Oct 1874 Comments: Labourer, baker, self-employed, 30 Jun 1871-30 Jun 1873, wood cutter. To London, 31 Oct 1889 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --0--
NEWSPAPER report of his trial: Charles Bogan pleaded not guilty to a charge of housebreaking, committed on the 17th or 18th Dec., 1863, when he was accused of having broken into the tobacco shop of Barbara McDougall or Ulnae, or Smith, Gallowgate, by forcing open the door, and with having stolen therefrom 12s in silver money and 8s in copper money. After evidence had been led, the panel was found guilty, libelled, and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude (Paisley Herald and Renfrewshire Advertiser, 23 April 1864, p1, at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/). --0--
1868, 10 January: On arrival in WA, he was listed as 30 years old, and a baker; a widower with no children (see Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department Registers (128/40 - 43)). This record also contains his physical description.
1864: Precognition against Charles Bogan for the crime of theft by housebreaking, habit and repute, and previous conviction Accused: Charles Bogan, Age: 26, rivetter, Address: Gallowgate, Glasgow, Origin: Native of Bangalore, East Indies (see National Records of Scotland; Reference AD14/64/18). --0-- 1864, 21 April: Trial papers relating to Charles Bogan for the crime of theft by housebreaking, habit and repute, and previous conviction. Tried at High Court, Glasgow Accused: Charles Bogan -- Not called (see National Records of Scotland; Reference JC26/1864/237).