Name: | Edward Burke |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1828 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 10 years
Crime: | Highway robbery |
Convicted at: | Tipperary Ireland |
Sentence term: | 10 years |
Ship: | Rodney |
Departure date: | 24th November, 1852 |
Arrival date: | 12th February, 1853 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 39 other convicts |
Primary source: | Tasmanian Archives - convicts http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-113,350,34,L,80 |
Source description: |
Carol Axton-Thompson on 17th May, 2013 wrote:
Edward Burke was convicted at Tipperary on 23 Mar 1850 for Highway Robbery - stealing meal & money. First conviction. 10yr sentence. Transported to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Rodney’, arriving 12/02/1853.
Carol Axton-Thompson on 17th May, 2013 wrote:
Aged 25yrs; labourer; Roman Catholic; fresh, dark complexion; black hair; deep set blue eyes.
Native place: Co. Tipperary.
18mths Probation period.151 days gained by task work.
21/05/1854: Degraves, Hobart: Drunk - 14 days solitary.
24/08/1854: Degraves, Hobart: Assault - 18mths hard labour, in chains.To be sent to Impression Bay.
Ticket of Leave: 05/02/1856
Conditional Pardon: 10/02/1857
Carol Axton-Thompson on 17th May, 2013 made the following changes:
convicted at, term 10 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 1828, date of death 0000, gender, occupation, crime
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