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Terence Cullen was transported on the Castle Forbes, departing 3rd Oct 1819 and arriving 4th Mar 1820 with 143 passengers.
The Castle Forbes was a 439-ton merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. Castle Forbes arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 27 January 1820. After their arrival in Sydney, 136 men were sent on to Van Diemen's Land Colony (now named Tasmania), arriving in Hobart 1 March 1820. 4 men remained in New South Wales and 4 deaths recorded on this voyage. Alexander Pearce (the infamous bushranger) was one of these men. (Incomplete register of persons transported - records are currently being inputted)
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FIND A GRAVE - https://www.findagrave.com Terence Cullen Birth; 1795 Death; 1 Feb 1879 (aged 83–84) Burial; St Patrick's Cemetery Parramatta, City of Parramatta Council, New South Wales, Australia Memorial ID; 144449458 Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, Name Terence Cullen Age 21 Birth Year Abt 1798 Date 1819 Place Tasmania, Australia Record Type Register Ship Castle Forbes Reference Number CON84-1-1 Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, Name Terence Cullen Date 2 Oct 1828 Place Tasmania, Australia Record Type Pardons, Leave, Discharge Reference Number CON81-1-1 Australia, Death Index, Name Terence Cullen Death Date 1879 Death Place Parramatta, New South Wales Registration Date 1879 Registration Place Parramatta, Australia Registration Number 7973 Gravesite Details Lunatic Asylum
The Hobart Town Government Gazette notice above should read Saturday March 17, 1827.
Hobart Town Government Gazette Saturday March 17. Terence Cullen was fully committed for trial for burglary in the dwelling-house of Mr. R. Lewis, at the Hollow-street, on Wednesday morning on the 7th instant, before day light, Swinburne, Mr. Lewis's servant, being alarmed, found Cullen standing at the bed-room window, and a man, Rogers, (not yet taken) coming out. Swinburne knew them both, and he and his fellow servants pursued them and caught Cullen in that act of getting in at a window about a quarter of a mile distant. Mr. Lewis's room was emptied of every moveable article to the value of £150 and upwards, and no part of the property has yet been found.
Tasmanian conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-6$init=CON31-1-6p87 245. Terence Cullen, Tried Armagh Lent 1819, 14 years.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Terence Cullen, alias Cullin, age on arrival, 25, per Castle Forbes (1), 1820, Tried at Armagh Co., 1819, 14 years. DOB, 1795, native place, Armagh Co., Trade, Labourer.