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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
George Carter was transported on the Portsea, departing 24th Jul 1838 and arriving 18th Dec 1838 with 240 passengers.
Portsea (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 302 |
| 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
Name George Carter Age 20. Estimated Birth Year abt 1818 Date Received 17 Jan. 1838 on the Ship Leviathan moored at Portsmouth Date Convicted 2 Jan. 1838 - Winchester Offence; Stealing a coat. Status; Single
ADM 101/60/6/10 1838. Sick list of the Portsea Convict Barque from Deptford to Sydney, New South Wales, between the 7th day of July and the [...] day of December 1838. Thomas Bell (c) Surgeon and Superintendent: Folios 18-20: George Carter, aged 28, Prisoner; disease or hurt, phrenitis. Put on sick list, 3 October 1838, at sea. Died, 7 October 1838. He had received a number of head injuries before embarking; an accident while pigeon shooting, which left grains of shot embedded in his scalp, a kick from a horse and other injuries from fighting. While in the York hulk he had been in hospital after 'a pugilistic engagement, in which he had his nose broken, a large tumour on the face, and to use his own expression his head almost reduced to a jelly'. He had not felt well for some time and was seldom free from headache.