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Voyage
Transportation
Mary Clarke was transported on the Providence, departing 6th Jun 1821 and arriving 7th Jan 1822 with 103 passengers.
The ship named 'Providence' was built in Calcutta, India in 1808. 649 tons. The 1811 voyage brought many convicts from Ireland to Australia. 73rd Regiment. Also several free settlers. 5-6 deaths on voyage. The ship was lastly scuttled at St. Martin's, Isle of Scilly in 1833.
Providence (generic)References
| Primary Source | State Archives NSW (Indents NRS 12188; Item 4/4008; Microfiche: 647)&(Butts of COF NRS 12210)&(Colonial Secretary Papers NRS 898, Reels 6020-6040, 6070, Fiche 3260-3312, page 157 & NRS 937, Reels 6004-6016, page 235). Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 35 (19) |
| 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
Statement of John Green, Clerk of Emu Plains Establishment, 2 June 1827, relating to female convicts sent to the government Agricultural Establishment at Emu Plains in 1822-23, Colonial Office Records, CO 210/182, p. 327 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-987060654: Mary Clarke per Providence Received May 1st 1822 Discharged 1st April 1823 to the Factory far gone with child, as she was one of the women who had lived with Thos Rosthorne (an overseer) he was supposed to be the Father. See also: Australian (Syd), 21 Apr 1825, p. 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37071356. Proceedings of the Commission of Enquiry [into the employment and behaviour of female convicts sent to the Government Establishment at Emu Plains], 10 Aug 1825, in Watson, Frederick & Chapman, Peter & Australia, Historical records of Australia, vol XI, page 828, http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-475003792.
there is a Mary Clark (Providence) age 23 F/S Housekeeper at Lower Portland Head
Indents: aged 18, convicted 3 Oct. 1820, Trade Cotton Factory 23 Sep. 1823, on returns of convicts discharged from the Establishment, Emu Plains; to the Parramatta Factory 24 Dec. 1825, enquiry to Alexander Kinghorne, Superintendent Emu Plains, requesting names of husband & children of Mary Clarke & others. Certificate of Freedom No. 28/471 dated 8 May 1828, Trade Cotton Factory, Year of Birth 1804, no offence given