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Transportation
Joseph Brace 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 427 (216) |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey, 10 Sep 1829. 1558. JOSEPH BRACE was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of March , 1 pair of shoes, value 10s. , the goods of Thomas Eldrid . THOMAS ELDRID . I lost a pair of shoes from under my bed on the 25th of March; I pulled them of the night before, when I went to bed; the prisoner slept with me that night, and no one else-it was at the Rummer public-house, at Enfield ; I found him afterwards at Edmonton-he gave me a duplicate of another pair of shoes, and said he would make it up on the Saturday night; I took the duplicate from him, and gave him to the constable - he has worn my shoes out. JOHN MEAN . I am a constable of Enfield. I took the prisoner; he said he had worn the shoes out - I said they must be too big for him; he said, "They fitted me very well, when I had got a truss of hay in them." GUILTY . Aged 24. Transported for Seven Years .