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Daniel Burke was transported on the Ocean, departing 31st Jul 1817 and arriving 1st Jan 1818 with 181 passengers.
The 'Ocean' was an English merchant ship and whaler built in 1794 at South Shields, England. In 1803 she accompanied the ship 'Calcutta' to Australia, acting as a transport supply ship. When the settlers abondoned Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria the ship transferred convicts, settlers and marines to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). In 1815, 1817 & 1823 the 'Ocean' transported convicts to New South Wales.
Ocean (generic)References
| Primary Source | UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/8. Old Bailey, online. State Records NSW (Register of COF NRS 12208). Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 375 (189) |
| 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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DANIEL BURKE, Theft > grand larceny, 2nd July 1817. 937. DANIEL BURKE was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of May , one pair of trowsers, value 18s. , the goods of Richard Cleobury . JOHN BURGESS. I am shopman to Mr. Cleobury, who is a clothier , and lives in Cheapside . On the 24th of May, about half-past eight o'clock in the morning. I saw the prisoner take the trowsers from the door, and put them into his apron - He then ran across the road, and through Bow-churchyard; I pursued, calling out stop thief! he took them out of his apron and threw them away. I secured him behind a cart in Cloak-lane, and am sure he is the boy. He stood at the door three or four minutes. I lost sight of him, but soon found him again - He was running. I picked the trowsers up. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I know nothing about it. GUILTY . Aged 14. Transported for Seven Years . London Jury, before Mr. Recorder. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18170702-12 Prison Hulk ship Leviathan moored at Portsmouth, Received 21 July 1817, aged 14, Offence Felony, 4 Aug. 1817 to NSW
Certificate of Freedom No. 21/2296 dated 2 July 1824, Convicted 2 July 1817 in London, Trade Labourer & Brush Maker, Aged 21