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Transportation
James Burgess was transported on the Edwin Fox, departing 24th Aug 1858 and arriving 20th Nov 1858 with 284 passengers.
892 ton ship, built in Calcutta, India in 1853. Transported convicts, pensioner guard, soldiers and their families - from Plymouth, England to Western Australia - 1858. (Had been to Australia previously, in 1856, as a passenger ship.) (Later went on to service in the Crimean War.) Converted to be a passenger ship and carried immigrants to New Zealand. In 1880 converted, again, as a cool storage facility in Picton, New Zealand. Ship was in use until 1950 when abandoned. In 1965 she was bought by the 'Edwin Fox Society' and towed to Shakespeare Bay for restoration and then towed to Picton Harbour, New Zealand for display and is on the National Trust Registry, NZ. She is the second oldest surviving merchant ship.
Edwin FoxReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 283 (143) |
| 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
From his Fremantle jail record: BURGESS, James; #5203, arrived 21 Nov 1858 per Edwin Fox Date of Birth: 1820 Marital Status: Married 1 child Occupation: Carpenter, railway guard Literacy: Literate Sentence Date: 1857 Sentence Place: London, London, England Crime: Larceny Sentence Period: 14 years Ticket Leave Date: 21 Dec 1859 Conditional Pardon Date: 21 Mar 1862 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/).
Prior to his occupation as Railway Guard on the South Eastern Railway, James Burgess was a carpenter. James Burgess Russell, as he became known as, after receiving his conditional pardon, moved to Sydney and resumed his previous carpentry occupation as a cabinetmaker
Convict Index: aged 37, Married with 1 child, Occupation Carpenter railway guard The Proceedings of the Old Bailey William Pierce, James Burgess, William George Tester Theft: Stealing from master 5th January 1857 Lots of details on court proceedings in link below:- https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18570105-250