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Voyage
Transportation
William Bradbury was transported on the Guildford, departing 31st Jul 1811 and arriving 18th Jan 1812 with 214 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 53 (28) |
| 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
Wife Elizabeth Houle (Howle) Built Bradbury House in Campbelltown after purchasing 1500 acres in Airds in 1824. Daughter Mary arrived on the Northampton (free passenger) and married Dennis Shiels who was also on the Guildford. William Bradbury owned a sweeping farm south of the town, and was notorious for his drinking bouts. Local historian, Dr Carol Liston, has suggested the innkeeper was drunk more often than not. She wrote: "The magistrates refused to prosecute when Bradbury's watch was stolen because it was a regular town sport to bet on how long it would take Bradbury to sober up and discover his watch was missing." But in the rum-soaked colony that was NSW, Bradbury's exploits did little to harm his considerable reputation. During his last visit to the area in 1822, Governor Lachlan Macquarie wrote: "Mr Bradbury is now building a very good two-storey brick house on his own farm, and on a very pretty eminence immediately adjoining Campbell-Town...". Asked to give a name to the property, Macquarie portrayed a delightful lack of imagination by calling it Bradbury Park (house). When the old innkeeper died at the age of 67 in 1836, his large estate of 300 acres passed on to other owners until a section of it was subdivided into small farm blocks and town allotments in October 1844.
spouse: Elizabeth Howle married c. 1794 England only child: Mary born c.1797 England