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Transportation
George Clarke was transported on the Royal Charlotte, departing 18th Nov 1824 and arriving 29th Apr 1825 with 137 passengers.
Royal Charlotte (generic)References
| Primary Source | Libraries Tasmania. Australian Joint Copying Free Settler or Felon. Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 224 |
| 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
May 1835 - - Had been at Norfolk Island, after 3 years sent to Sydney then transported to VDL on the Siren. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1380893
Clarke was a remarkable excaped felon turned bushranger who lived for four years as an Aboriginal tribesman in the unexplored wilderness of northern New South Wales, far beyond the reaches of settlement. Later, after capture, he told of exploring and discovering a great inland river—a story which prompted a major myth of Australian exploration. For a full biography, see Clarke of the Kindur: Convict, bushranger, explorer, by Dean Boyce, Melbourne University Press,1970, reprinted 2013.
Hanged 11 August 1835 at Hobart for armed robbery of William Evans at Lemon Springs, near Oatlands Executed for Burglary. Burial 14 August 1835 in Hobart https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1179563 Monument https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/settlement/display/20428-george-"the-barber"-clarke Article on George Clarke alias George the Barber Bushranger at Liverpool Plains https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/george_clarke.htm
As a runaway from assignment in the Hunter Valley, he lived for four years with Kamilaroi Aborgines, on recapture again sentenced to death (for horse stealing), commuted to retransportation to Norfolk Island. Subsequently sent to Van Diemen's Land again arrested for theft and sentenced to death for the third time. This time he was hanged on the Hobart public gallows. His biography, Clarke of the Kindur: Convict, bushranger, explorer, by Dean Boyce, was published by Melbourne University Press in 1970, reprinted 2013.