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George Callaghan was transported on the Hougoumont, departing 10th Oct 1867 and arriving 9th Jan 1868 with 281 passengers.
875 ton ship was built at Moulmein in 1852. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/on-this-day-in-history-australias-last-convict-ship-docks.htm ---------------------------- Incorrect Image ....This is a four masted steel hulled Barque in the drawing , im surprised Australian Geo didn't do a bit more research on this .......The Hougoumont was a works ship on the Forth Bridge Project in 1885 ....the one potrayed as a drawing in Aust Geo is the later version of this ship.....the photograph i have attached is the correct and original convict vessel. --00-- 1867 "The hired convict ship Hougoumont, which has been taken up by the Government for the conveyance of a numerous party of convicts to Freemantle, Western Australia, left the Nore on October 1, and proceeded down Channel, after receiving on board 150 convicts from the establishments at Chatham and Millbank. The convicts from the Chatham establishment, at St. Mary's, embarked from the dockyard on board the paddle-wheel steamer Adder, Mr. W. J. Blakely, and were in charge of a numerous party of convict guards and wardens, all heavily armed. Among the convicts shipped were a party of fifteen Fenians, who were engaged in the late conspiracy in Ireland, together with the officers and crew convicted of scuttling the ship Severn, and some others who have achieved notoriety from their crimes. The Fenian convicts, like the remainder of the prisoners, were chained together in gangs, but it was observed that they were kept apart from the other convicts in a portion of the vessel by themselves. The steamer Petrel also took down a number of convicts from the establishment at Millbank for shipment on board the Hougoumont, in charge of a strong escort and convict guard. On Tuesday, October 8th, the Hougoumont arrived in Portland roads. Shortly before midday ninety convicts were marched down to the Government pier at Portland under a strong escort of the 12th Light Infantry. The party included twenty-three Fenian convicts, among whom it was said, was Moriarty. The Government steamer employed in the breakwater service was used for conveying the convicts on board the Hougoumont transport ship. The convicts were chained together on embarking, and on board the steamer a strong guard of marines from her Majesty's ship St. George was formed, and saw the convicts safely placed on board the Hougoumont. The Governor of the penal settlement at Freemantle, Captain Young, is on board the Hougoumont, and returns in that ship to his sphere of duty after paying a visit to his native land." Source: Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 19 Dec 1867, p4, English Shipping, available on Trove at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271?searchTerm=hougoumont.
HougoumontReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/19, Page Number 238 |
| 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
From the "Convicts associated with Toodyay" database: Callaghan, George (1826-1884), #9679 1868-01-10 Hougoumont CWA: Unm; tailor; lit RC; robbery prev conv 15 yrs; Perth, Toodyay, York, Swan, Fremantle; lab, fencing; gen svt; splitter, haymaker, reaping, grubbing, quarrier. Ancestry: WA Convict records: P556: 9679 Callaghan, George. Hougoumont. Was working in a [Road] Party in 1869 when he came into Toodyay without leave. Sent to Newcastle as TOL on 23 April 1874, to work for Dan Connor. Based at Toodyay Depot, he worked for various employers in 1874. Also in Toodyay in 1879 (https://www.toodyay.wa.gov.au/).
From his Fremantle jail record: CALLAGHAN, George; inmate #9679, arrived 10 Jan 1868 per Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1826 Date of Death: 25 Feb 1884 Place of Death: Fremantle Prison Hospital, bronchitis & apoplexy Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Tailor Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Derby Crime: Robbery Sentence Period: 15 years Previous Convictions: Yes Ticket of Leave Date: 5 Jan 1874 Comments: Labourer, fence maker, general servant, splitter, hay maker, reaper, grubber, quarrier (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --0--
9 June, 1870: He was found guilty of "brutally assaulting 9525 J. Morgan and creating a disturbance" for which he was sentenced to 6 months' hard labour in Fremantle Prison with 1st and last 10 days in solitary confinement on bread and water" (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; General Register for Nos 9059-9598 cont., 9599-10128 (R15-R16)). Note: John Morgan, #9525, arrived in WA per the Norwood (2) on 13 July, 1867. He had been sentenced at Glasgow to 15 years for housebreaking (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --0--
IN WA: 10 January, 1868: On arrival, he was listed as #9679, 40 years old when convicted, single, a tailor, able to read and write, Roman Catholic; next of kin -- father, Thomas Farrell, New York America. His behaviour in jail in England was described as "indifferent" (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; General Register for Nos 9059-9598 cont., 9599-10128 (R15-R16)). --0--
Newspaper reports of the trial: 9 March 1866: From the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, p3: "The Daring Garotte Robbery near Derby. — At the Derbyshire assizes yesterday, George Callaghan, aged 40, tailor, and George Clarke, aged 33, collier, were indicted for committing a daring garotte robbery on Mr. Samuel Walker Cox (brother to Mr. W. T. Cox, M.P. for Derby), at Chaddesden, near Derby, on the 16th October last. The facts of the case will be best gleaned from the evidence of the prosecutor. The particulars of the case were fully reported in these columns at the time of the occurrence. The prisoners conducted their own defence with much acuteness, and after a trial of considerable length, both prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced — Callaghan to 15 years and Clarke to 12 years’ penal servitude." The Derbyshire Advertiser reported that Callaghan and Clarke stole "thirty pounds three shillings money, a silver watch, penknife, and other articles" from Samuel Cox (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/). --0--
TRIAL: 6 March, 1866: Convicted of assault and robbery at the Derby Assizes and sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for George Callaghan; England; Derbyshire; 1866). --0--