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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Brady was transported on the Minerva, departing 24th Aug 1799 and arriving 11th Jan 1800 with 240 passengers.
The Minerva was built at Lancaster, England in 1804. 4 voyages bringing convict transportees to Australia.
Minerva (generic)References
| Primary Source | http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au Sydney Gazette 25 March 1804. Sydney Gazette 10 July 1819. Fulton, P.J.(ed)., The Minerva Journal of John Washington Price, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000 |
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Convict Notes
To make this site reliable, sources must be acknowledged. The above contribution has omitted acknowledging the second hand source, "Free Settler of Felon" – an online site for some NSW convicts. The first few paragraphs are directly copied from there, and the last is an amalgam. The 'Sources' quoted are from the Free Settler or Felon website, which would have actually looked them up.
Born - Wicklow Ireland. He was classified as a Rebel Soldier. Died in Sydney on the 9th July 1819. Buried on the 11th. Thomas Brady was affiliated with the United Irishmen. He was arrested in Wicklow possibly early in March 1798 and was tried in that month with many others including John Austin, Brien Byrne, Richard Byrne, Benjamin Carrol, Christopher Coleman, John Davis, Robert Doogan, Partrick Duffy, Thomas Ennis, Roger Gavin, John Hewitt, Robert Keane, John Kinkaid, John McDonald, Joseph McKinly, Charles McClean Ferdinand Maurant, Joseph Murray, Michael Mulhall, William Noble, Owen Nugent, John Reddington, William Russell and Robert Wilson Following his trial in March 1798, Thomas Brady was named in the Banishment Act and would become a voluntary exile (2). The Banishment Act (38 George III, c.78) pardoned named individuals concerned in a rebellion. Return to British dominions or passage to a country at war with Britain were prohibited (5). There were approximately 100 Wicklow men transported after the rebellion of 1798. Another 500 from other counties would also join them in Australia (4) Many of these men were probably held in the Wicklow gaol along with Thomas Brady to await transportation. Some of the rebels such as Billy Byrne were hanged in or near the Gaol. He was employed in the Commissary’s office for four years following arrival in Sydney and it is almost certain he maintained his allegiance to his fellow countrymen in exile. Although he was not implicated in the 1800 rebellion he was not so fortunate in 1804. In the aftermath of the Rebellion of Castle Hill, an inflammatory letter written by him was found amongst the papers of ‘a strongly suspected character’ The letter contained terms and expressions of a virulent and seditious tendency and Brady was interrogated and brought before Governor King where his manner was ‘generally impertinent and his whole conduct grossly insolent and disrespectful’ He was ordered into the custody of the gaoler and to receive a corporal punishment. (7) After this punishment he was sent to Newcastle or Coal River penal settlement.