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Transportation
George Clark was transported on the George The Third, departing 12th Dec 1834 and arriving 12th Mar 1835 with 220 passengers.
Built at Deptford, England in 1810. 394 tons, 114 feet length, 28 feet 3 inches beam. Registered at the Port of London. George III, was wrecked on reefs at the south-eastern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on 12 March 1835 near the end of a voyage from Woolwich to Hobart Town. 133 of 220 male convicts on board lost their lives, 81 survived, one being a 10yr old boy. Only five of the 88 crew, guards and their families were drowned. Firearms had been discharged to keep the convicts below decks while the latter were being evacuated.
George The Third (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 491 (247) |
| 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
Place of origin: Bethnal Green, Middlesex Offence; Stealing Money from a Till Married; Wife & 3 children. Wife; Elizabeth at native place, Bethnal Green. Surgeons Report; Second Captain of upper Deck, very good No; 1856. Height; 5 ft 01/2 inches aged 40 years old. Trade; Labourer 1841 - Free Certificate. No; 381/1841 1848 - Departures. POL220/1/1 p35 Rank: Passenger. Status: Free by servitude Departure date: 6 Oct 1848. Departure port: Launceston Ship: Raven Ship to colony: George III Bound to: Port Phillip Source; POL220/1/1 p35 ** Please note; The George Clarke who was executed 1835 was per Ship: Siren, Remarks: To NSW per Royal Charlotte
conduct record states: May 1824, transported for picking pockets and convicted at Sydney of horse stealing.Transported to Sydney for robbing a house, afterwards tried at Sydney for horse stealing from carters? death sentence commuted to 3 years in irons. Sent? to Norfolk Island for that time-next three years in the? bush among the stations? at New South Wales. Was at large on the North West / taken by the police seven other Europeans with him. June 2nd 1835, feloniously & ? breaking and entering the domicile of W. Evans & stealing sundry articles of the value of £5.0.6 property of the said W. Evans. Executed at Hobart Town 11th August 1835
He survived the wreck of George the Third on April 13, 1835 Extract of Home Office transportation registers (The National Archives microfilm HO11) George Clark; Middlesex Gaol Deliv.y; 15-5-1834; Seven years; Saved