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Robert Callaghan was transported on the Waterloo, departing 18th Dec 1830 and arriving 30th Apr 1831 with 200 passengers.
1829 - Waterloo's first voyage arrived at Sydney Cove 9 July 1829. 180 Male Convicts. 2 Died on voyage. 7 sent to the hospital on landing. Total mustered; 171. Stephen Addison - Commander Michael Goodsire - Surgeon Superintendent [His wife was a passenger] 1842 - The Waterloo voyage of 1842 was wrecked on 28/8/1842. 189 people drowned, these being 143 convicts, 15 men of the 99th Regiment, together with 17 wives and children, the boatswain Mr. Chiverton, the sailmaker, the carpenter and 11 of the crew. Convicts were then received in Cape Town Prison from the wreck of the Waterloo, 2nd September 1842. They then completed their voyage to VDL per “Cape Packet” which arrived on 23/11/1842.
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| Primary Source | NSW Gov Records. Irish Convicts. |
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Absconded. Callaghan Robert, Waterloo 2, 31,594,19 Cavan, postillion, 5 feet 5, pale and slightly pock-pitted comp. Light brown hair, brown eyes, small scar over left eye, from No. 13, Road Party, since Feb. 14. NSW Govt Gazette, 5 Mar 1834.
POLICE COMMUNICATION FROM HOBART TOWN. ABSCONDED from Van Diemen's Land.- Six man, from the Leamington Station, D'Entrecastreaux Channel. They were last seen on the 25th May, in a whale-boat, and it was their intention to make for Corner Inlet. The following are the descriptions of the men. They were desperate, dangerous characters, and notorious housebreakers. W. A. MILES, Commissioner of Police, Sydney. - DESCRIPTIONS : Name. ROBERT CALLAGHAN; Ship. Waterloo (3); Year or arrival 1831; Native place Cavan; Trade or calling Postillion; Age. 32 years; Height - 5 feet 4 ½inches; Complexion - Pale, freckled, and slightly pockpitted; Hair - Light brown; Eyes - Brown; General Remarks. - Small scar over left eyebrow ; breast and arms hairy. Was originally tried at Cavan 15th October, 1830 ; sentence, 7 years ; obtained a certificate ot freedom, No. 40-1219, dated 3rd of August, 1840. ... (Sydney Morning Herald 28 Jun 1847, p. 3.)
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Ship; Waterloo - 1831 Indent No; 31 - 594. 27 Name; Robert Callaghan ** Age; 16 years, Protestant, Single. Native Place; Cavan Offence; Stealing Lace Trial; Cavan - 15 October 1830 - 7 years. No previous convictions Height; 5 ft. 2 1/2 in Eyes; Hazel Hair; Light Brown Completion; Pale, freckled, slightly pock-pitted Remarks; Small Scar over eye MOTHER; Ellen Haffey or Ellenor Calligan ** arrived in the Colony per Ship; Hooghley - 1831 Noted under her name; Son Robert Calligan convicted ** Spelling as per source **
129887 Callaghan Robert - Waterloo 1831. AO NSW Principal Superintendent of convicts. Indents. Fiche No. 696 pp 1 - 52. Postillion age 16 from Cavan. Sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing lace. Tried 13 October 1830. 31810 Callaghan Robert - Waterloo 1831. 1833 12 August Newcastle BB. Attached to Iron Gang. Found guilty of insolence. Sentenced to 20 lashes. 166845 Callaghan Robert - Waterloo 1831. Granted Certificate of Freedom. 66848 Callaghan Robert - Waterloo 1831. 19 July 1847 Gabo Island SMH. GABO ISLAND. H.M. schooner Bramble returned from Gabo Island on Saturday last, having been unsuccessful in securing the supposed runaway convicts on that island, they having made their escape prior to her arrival there. She experienced very bad weather during the whole of the passage down, and did not arrive there un-til Thursday last, having sailed hence on the3rd instant. The night she left this port she encountered a heavy gale from the southward, and had the misfortune to carry away her jib-boom and topsail-yard, also lost one of her boats. The following letters, one from Mr. Powell, Inspector of Water Police, respecting the supposed convicts, and the other from Dr. McClatchie, Assistant Surgeon of the Bramble, giving a description of Gabo Island, have been handed to us by Lieutenant Yule for publication :— H.M.S. Bramble, 14th July, 1847. Sir, —I have the honour to lay before you the following statement relative to the course pursued, and the information I received concerning the six runaway convicts who escaped from Van Diemen's Land in May last, and supposed to be on Gabo Island. On my landing on the said island about 12.30 P.M. this day, accompanied by two officers, two marines, and a boat's crew belonging to U.M.S. Bramble, we proceeded to the dwelling of Mr. Rogers, where we saw Mr. Morris. I stated to him the purpose of our visit to the island, namely, that I had been sent by the Government of New South Wales to assist in the capture of six run-away convicts from Van Diemen's Land. The following is the information I received from Mr. Rogers, the per- son in charge of the island :— That on the 13th ultimo, a boat with six men, who represented themselves as shipwrecked seamen ,touched at the island, but did not land, although advised to do so by Mr. Rogers. On the following day, the 14th, three of the men again came to the island, in a boat belonging to a person named Robinson, who re-sides near Cape Howe, and agreed to remain and wor k for Mr. Morris, the contractor. From the description given of the said three men, and other information which I received, I have not the slightest doubt but they are the men named in the margin —(Robert Callaghan, per Waterloo 2, 1831 ; Thomas Jackson, per Strathisla, free, 1837 ; John Grounds, a native of Parramatta). The other three men not again making their appearance, it is supposed that they made the best of their way to some of the stations in the interior. On the night of the last mentioned day, Messrs. Morris and Rogers, not believing the men's statement, thought it advisable to adopt some means to secure them on the island; they accordingly called their workmen together for that purpose, but the whole of them refused to as-sist to secure the men. In consequence of which Mr.Morris wrote a letter to Mr. Brierley, the magistrate at Twofold Bay, stating the circumstance, and requesting assistance from that quarter, but received no answer. The letter was despatched on the 15th ultimo, and the next morning the three men left the island in the same boat they came in, and proceeded in the direction of Cape Howe; they have not since been seen. Mr.Morris further states that he wrote a second letter to Mr. Brierley on the 9th instant. I examined the whole of the workmen on the island,found them to be all free men, and from my knowledge of Mr. Morris, I have every reason to believe the whole of his statement to be correct. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, THOMAS J. POWELL, Inspector of Water Police. 130764 Callaghan Robert - Waterloo 1831. 1847 24 July Gabo Island (off-shore from the Victoria, NSW border MM. One of 6 men who called at Gabo Island in a whaleboat. Accepted work on the island but suspected of being a runaway. Avoided capture and escaped again in the whaleboat in the direction of Cape Howe.
Born - Cavan Ireland. Single