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Voyage
Transportation
John Cartwright was transported on the Minerva, departing 1st Jan 1818 and arriving 7th Jun 1818 with 167 passengers.
The Minerva was built at Lancaster, England in 1804. 4 voyages bringing convict transportees to Australia.
Minerva (generic)References
| Primary Source | 1817 - 1821 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. |
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Convict Notes
Minerva Indent https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1P130 John Cartwright, age 35, Burglary and Robbery, March 1817, Life, Tried at Down.
Downpatrick Gaol. —On Friday the 12th inst. about 10 o’clock at night, the gaoler having had some reason to suspect that the Rogans meditated an escape, proceeded to the cell of Bernard, Peter, and Charles Rogan, J. Cartwright, and F. McAlinden, all under sentence of transportation, where he found that considerable progress had been made by the convicts towards effecting their purpose, by raising the floor, and preparing a passage for themselves out of the cell. Public Ledger, 29 Sep 1817.
1817 - 1821 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. Ship; Minerva - From Ireland. 157 Male Convicts 1818 No; 75 Name; John Cartwright Age on Arrival; 40 Trial; Down - March 1817. Life Trade; Slater & Plasterer Native; Place; Ballynahinch Remarks; RUN; In the Young Lachlan. Feb 1820