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William Burnett was transported on the George The Third, departing 12th Dec 1834 and arriving 12th Mar 1835 with 220 passengers.
Built at Deptford, England in 1810. 394 tons, 114 feet length, 28 feet 3 inches beam. Registered at the Port of London. George III, was wrecked on reefs at the south-eastern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on 12 March 1835 near the end of a voyage from Woolwich to Hobart Town. 133 of 220 male convicts on board lost their lives, 81 survived, one being a 10yr old boy. Only five of the 88 crew, guards and their families were drowned. Firearms had been discharged to keep the convicts below decks while the latter were being evacuated.
George The Third (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 495 (249) |
| 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
TRIAL; 25 April 1834 1834 - UK, Prison Hulk Registers Name Wm Burnett Age 19 Estimated Birth Year abt 1815 Date Received 16 May 1834 Ship Justitia Place Moored Woolwich Date Convicted 25 Apr 1834 Place Convicted Perth Register - Comprehensive register of convicts (CORE SERIES) A - L, 1841-1845. Page; 56 of 534 LETTER; B William Banfield - Drowned Charles Blake - Drowned William Burnett - Drowned Samuel Brown - Drowned John Burrows - Drowned William Brown - Drowned Samuel Buson - Drowned James Billington - Drowned Thomas Bishlon - Drowned Thomas Barston - Drowned William Burnett - Drowned William Boor - Drowned George Brown - Drowned James Bill - Drowned John Bamborough - Drowned
incorrect info should have been William Burnett; Perth Court of Judiciary; 25-4-1834; Fourteen years; Drowned
Extract of Home Office transportation registers (The National Archives microfilm HO11) William Burnett; Lancaster Session Peace?; 22-5-1834; Life; Drowned A convict eyewitness related to George Loveless (another convict & Tolpuddle Martyr) that when the ship struck, the prisoners were all locked below immediately. "the bottom of the ship was fast filling with water; they called aloud to have the hatches opened, but to no purpose; and when they were up to their middles in water, they rushed forward and burst open the hatches and endeavoured to ascend the ladder; the soldiers, however, at the top fired on them and killed many; others had their throats cut with cutlasses. The man who was going up by my side, was shot, but I escaped....only eighty-one of the whole shipload was taken on shore alive, and a great number of them were so emaciated and crippled, that they were obliged to carry them to hospital."