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Voyage
Transportation
Catherine Brown was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.
394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.
Palambam (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry Sydney Gazette, 20 Dec 1832. |
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Convict Notes
NSW BMD Marriage Reg: 1091/1834. John Keane and Catherine Brown, CB district. (Church of England, Parramatta St John’s) Birth Reg: 2642/1842. Mary Keane, parents, John and Catherine, VV district (Roman Catholic, Sydney, Parish not stated) ------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Catherine Brown, per Palambam, 1831, Ticket of Leave, No 42/244. District, Picton; Tried, Dublin. Catherine Brown, per Palambam, 1831, Conditional Pardon, 10 July 1848, No 48/1278.
Commission. Cow Stealing. Catherine Brown was placed at the bar indicted for stealing two cows, the property of John Fortman. Rennettstown. She sold the cows  in the fair .. to a dealer, named Barker, who afterwards disposed them to a man, named Rogers The jury found her Guilty. Saunders’s News-Letter, 20 April 1830. COMMISSION Catherine Brown was. convicted of stealing a cow and heifer, in the parish of Lusk, the property of John Foreman. Dublin Morning Register, 20 April 1830.
Convict Application to Marry. John Keane, per Brampton, age 32, 7 years, Free; and Catherine Brown, per Palambam, age 22, Life, Bond; Date of permission, 6 Mar 1833, Parramatta, Revd. S. Marsden.
Convicted at Dublin, 1830 for stealing a cow, Catherine Brown, age 21, single, dairy maid and house maid, born at Drogheda, Louth Co, Ireland. List of all female convicts assigned and transferred from the 1st to the 31st October 1832. Brown Catherine, Palambam, dairy, to Phillip Keefe, Burragarang Sydney Gazette, 20 Dec 1832.