Eli Brooks

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Summary

Born
Unknown
Conviction
Stealing fowls (chickens/ducks)
Departure
May 1833
Arrival
Oct 1833
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Eli Brooks
Gender: Male
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: Southampton Quarter Sessions
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 30th May 1833
Arrival: 18th Oct 1833
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Eli Brooks was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.

1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "

Lord LyndochLord Lyndoch (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 131 (67)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 2nd January 2026

NSW Convict Index. Eli Brooks, per Lord Lynedock, 1833, Certificate of Freedom, No 39/0010. 3 Jan 1839.

Maureen Withey avatar
341
on 1st January 2026

Eli Brooks, for stealing one duck, the property of C Hammett, of Hordle, seven years' transportation, Hampshire Telegraph, 9 Jan 1832. The following convicts, from the last Sessions, have been removed to the York hulk in Portsmouth Harbour . …. —Eli Brooks- seven years. Hampshire Chronicle, 23 Jan 1832. --------------------------------------------------------- National Archives. HO-9-2_4. Page 22/48. Euryalus Hulk, at Chatham. One Received from York hulk, 26 Apr 1832. Eli Brooks, age 13, Stg duck, Tried Winchester, 3 Jan 1832, 7 years. NSW per Lord Lyndock, 24 May 1833