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Transportation
Benjamin Collins was transported on the Minerva, departing 8th Jul 1824 and arriving 19th Nov 1824 with 172 passengers.
The Minerva was built at Lancaster, England in 1804. 4 voyages bringing convict transportees to Australia.
Minerva (generic)References
| Primary Source | UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/1. State Archives NSW (Indents NRS 12188, Item 4/4009A, Microfiche 654)&(TOL butts: NRS 12202; Item 4/4205. Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 176 |
| 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
Oxfordshire Assizes. Benjamin Collins, for robbing dwelling house Wm. Edden, at Thame, eight gold sovereigns; Cambridge Chronicle, 12 March 1824. Oxford Assizes.— Benjamin Collins, for burglary; … sentence of death was recorded. Northampton Mercury, 13 March 1824.
Prison Hulk ship Ganymede moored at Chatham, Received 4 May 1824, aged 19, Offence Burglary, transferred 2 July 1824 for NSW Bound Indentures: aged 20, Trade Hair Dresser Ticket of Leave No. 46/501 dated 16 March 1846 in district of Goulburn, Trial 3 March 1824 for Life