William Burke

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Maureen Withey on 16th March 2026

BURKE, William. Per "Earl St Vincent", 1818 1818 Dec 21 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Earl St Vincent" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.221) 1822 Servant of Jonathan Hassall; attestation as to his character for a ticket of leave (Reel 6026; 4/1715 pp.125-6) 1824 Oct 19 Stockman and shepherd to H O'Brian and R H Browne of Bathurst. Memorial of O'Brian and Brown (Fiche 3080; 4/1836B No.109 pp.597-9) 1824 Nov 5 To take charge of the grazing run of R Henry Browne, forty five miles south east of Bathurst (Reel 6013; 4/3512 p.687)

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Maureen Withey on 8th November 2021

Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. William Burke, alias Bourke, per Earl St Vincent (1) 1818, Tried at Tipperary, 1818, 7 years. Native place, Tipperary. Herdsman shepherd. ---------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. William Burke, Earl St Vincent 1818, Certificate of Freedom, 26 May 1825. No 103/3827. Remarks: TL, 187/191. ----------------------------------------------------- NSW 1828 Census Index. William Burke, age 50, F.S. Earl St Vincent, 1818, 7 years, catholic, Shepherd, Edwd. Redmond, Bathurst district. The original census form states that the landowner, Edward Redmond is resident at Sydney. William Burk, age 50, employed as a shepherd, is one of 4 men resident at White Rock Farm, on Bathurst Plain, 500 acres, 30 of which are cleared and 12 cultivated. There is 1 horse and 15 cattle on White Rock Farm. Edward Redmond also has another farm, named Bingham, which is 50 miles south of Bathurst, of 2000 acres, has 330 cattle and 1625 sheep. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8961-W7MG?i=192&cc=2177300