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Transportation
Austin Callaghan was transported on the Merchantman, departing 10th Oct 1862 and arriving 14th Feb 1863 with 192 passengers.
1018 ton ship built in Sunderland 1852/53. Two (2) voyages to Australia with convict transportee's - both to Western Australia. On these voyages, she also carried 'Pensioner Guards' and their families, a few free passengers and soldiers. The 1862 voyage went via Bermuda and picked up British and local prisoners.
Merchantman (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 502 |
| 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
Suffolk summer Assizes Thomas Williams, aged 19, and Austin Callaghan, aged 19, were indicted for passing bad money, after previous convictions. Mr. Palmer appeared for the prosecution. The case was very clearly proved, and the prisoners being convicted, were severally sentenced to ten years’ penal servitude. Bury Free Press, 31 July 1858. Austin Callaghan was sent to Bermuda as a convict. Convict Indent for Merchantman 1862: members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa32.html Austin Callaghan, age 25, single, labourer, 5ft 7 in, stout build. Austin Callaghan, c.p. drunk, and refusing to give his name and address to the Police, and resisting the Police when taken into custody on Saturday night last in Perth; 3 months' imprisonment. Perth Gazette, 25 June 1869. Comptroller General's Office, Perth, 2nd November, 1869, A CERTIFICATE of Freedom has been issued to the undermentioned Convict whose Sentence has expired:-Reg-No. 6846 Austin Callaghan W. R. FAUNTLEROY, pro Comptroller General. Resident's Office, Albany. 12th ""Jay, 1874. THE undermentioned men have engaged with John W. Green to form a Whaling Party on the East Coast:-William Barratt, headsman; Jack Hanson, boat steerer; John Johnson, Daniel Connor, Henry Linthorne, John Burn, Austin Callaghan, Rattler, Screechowl, Dickey Bumble, pulling hands; James Wilson, Cook; Kandyup Bobby, cook's mate. G. E. C. HARE, Resident Magistrate. Government Gazette. 16 June 1874. Apprehensions. AUSTIN CALLAGHAN, exp., late 6846, at Albany, on the 4th inst., by L. C. Coppin. Charge—fighting. Fined 20s. Police Gazette, Sept 25 1878.