Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Susan Chickley was transported on the Australasia, departing 26th Jun 1849 and arriving 29th Sep 1849 with 203 passengers.
Built 1847 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 500 Tons. Passenger/transportee's are currently being listed (incomplete at this date)
Australasia (generic)References
| Primary Source | VDL Founders & Survivors Convicts Campbell Town convict brick trail (AM01); Snowden, Diane 'White Rag Burning', 2018, pp66-68; CON41-1-24 img34 (LibTas); Daily Post, Hobart, Tas 12 June 1908, p2 at Trove |
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Convict Notes


Name: Chickley, Susan Record Type: Convicts Departure date: 26 Jun 1849 Departure port: Dublin Ship: Australasia Place of origin: Cork Origin location: Latitude and Longitude Voyage number: 314 Index number: 11976 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1380402 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1380402




Trial 2 Apr 1849 at Co. Cork IRE for Arson & 2 years on the Town. Admitted her guilt by stating that "I committed the offence for the purpose of being transported" Family: brother Robert; sister Sophia Desc: aged 16 from Co. Cork IRE, 4'9.75" tall, illiterate, RC, fresh complexion, light hazel eyes, black hair, face slightly freckled, single, violent temper & quarrelsome Ship Surgeon Sick List: 25 Aug - 28 Aug 1849, obstipatio, cured Permission to marry 26 Mar 1852, approved - Hugh Fairley (Blenheim). They married 22 May 1852 at the residence of Congregational Minister Rev William Waterfield, Green Ponds. They had at least 3 children together born 19 Feb 1853; 15 May 1855; 24 Sep 1856 Residences: Coal River; Lower Jerusalem; Oatlands; Hobart; Insane Asylum New Norfolk; Green Ponds; Bridgewater Died 6 Jun 1908 at Oatlands aged 76, a cooper's widow, of a cerebral haemorrhage