Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Ann Bone was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 20 |
| 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
Old Bailey: ANN BONE, Theft > theft from a specified place, 10th December 1788. Offence: Theft > theft from a specified place Verdict: Guilty > lesser offence Punishment: Transportation ANN BONE otherwise SMITH was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of August last, two cotton gowns, value 16 s. one silk gown, value 10 s. two clocks, value 16 s. one shift, value 1 s. one pair of satin shoes, value 2 s. three caps, value 3 s. one handkerchief, value 4 s. another ditto, value 1 s. the property of Elizabeth Setch, spinster, in the dwelling-house of John Tranter. The prisoner's sister lodged in the same house with the prosecutrix, and was taken the evening of the robbery with the prosecutrix's apron on her; the other things were never found. The prisoner was seen going up stairs, just before the things were missed. GUILTY of stealing the apron. Transported for seven years. Anne Bone, alias Smith, was literate, 19 and single, she was sent to Norfolk Island in August 1790 and maintained herself on land granted to her in her own right. March 1793: Returned to Port Jackson on the 'Chesterfield', and then apparently left the colony.