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Voyage
Transportation
Honora Corkaran was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.
394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.
Palambam (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convicts Database by Peter Mayberry Sydney Gazette, 20 Dec 1832. |
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Convict Notes
LIST OF FEMALE CONVICTS ASSIGNED IN THE MONTH OF JULY, 1832. 1151. Corkoran Honora, Palambam, wash, &c., to Daniel Morris, Kent-street, Sydney Sydney Gazette, 15 Nov 1832.
POLICE INCIDENTS. Honora Corcoran, for seven vears, assigned to Mrs. Morris, Castlereagh-street, was ushered into the prescnce of their Worships, on Thursday last, charged with the commoni offence of absenteeism , her mistress deposed that about a week since Corcoran came into her service, and was not with her more than three days when she decamped, and had not since been heard of. Honora, (curtseying).-" Please your Wurchips, I was willun to put up wid aters and salt, if I could have got em clean, your Wurchips, but I could'nt get em, nor ta bed to put my bones on, your Wurchips, and so I bolted." Mi. Slade - That is no excuse for running away; I therefore sentence you to be worked in the Factory, for 52 days, and afterwards returned to Government, at the request of your mistress. Sydney Herald, 5 Jun 1834
Honora Corkaran, aged 35, a widow with 1 child, was convicted at Cavan in 1830 for stealing clothes. She was born in Tipperary and her trade was a pedlar. List of all female convicts assigned and transferred from the 1st to the 31st October 1832. Corcoran Honora, Palambam, laundress, to John Groves, Parramatta. Sydney Gazette, 20 Dec 1832.