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Transportation
Patrick Burke was transported on the Eliza, departing 19th Jul 1827 and arriving 8th Nov 1827 with 194 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry NSW 1828 census |
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Convict Notes
Convict Index 1791-1873. Patrick Burke, per Eliza, 1827, Ticket of Leave, Bathurst district; Born, Cork Co; Trade, Labourer; Tried, Cork Co. Entry No: 31/87. Patrick Burke, per Eliza, 1827, Certificate of Freedom, 16 Aug 1834, Entry No: 34/1038. ---------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary’s Office, Sydney, 11th February, 1834. TICKETS OF LEAVE CANCELLED. THE Tickets-of-Leave granted to the following persons have been cancelled for the reasons set against their respective names, viz. Eliza (3), Patrick Burke, repeated drunkenness. NSW Govt Gazette, 12 Mar 1834.
Patrick Burke was a native of Cork Co. He was aged 30 when convicted at Cork in 1827 for sheep-stealing and was sentenced to 7 years transportation. His trade was house servant. In NSW census 1828, he is in the household of settler, John Liscombe , aged 30, a police clerk and his wife and child at Bathurst Settlement. Patrick Burk ( or Buck?), C.G.S., age 30, (Eliza, 1827, 7 yrs,) house servant, catholic. Several others living in the household.