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Thomas Cullen was transported on the City Of Palaces, departing 20th Jun 1857 and arriving 8th Aug 1857 with 4 passengers.
City of Palaces, barque, 553 tons, built 1854, registered Liverpool, was wrecked on a reef in 1862 in the Sulu Sea, on a voyage from Manila to Sydney. Sailed from Singapore, arrived WA 8 Aug 1857 (Capt Jones). Cargo: cigars, sugar, dates, matting, twine, gunny bags, curry powder and 4 military prisoners.
City Of Palaces (generic)References
| Primary Source | Re ship: see https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/C-Ships/cityofpalaces1854.html --00-- Re voyage from Singapore to Swan River, WA: see Lloyd's List, Saturday 15 August 1857, p4; and Inquirer & Commercial News, 12 Aug, p2 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66005908. --00-- Re convict details: see Western Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; General Register for Nos 4375-4534, 1017, 6383-6458 (R24-R25). |
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NOTE: Year of Birth is taken from official records but day and month are not known. The latter dates have been entered as 01/01 because the site does not allow those fields to be left empty.
DEPARTURE: “CHAMPION BAY ... We have had a very fine ship here, the ‘Amyone’, 1300 tons, arriving from Melbourne on the 13th and sailing for Calcutta on the 23rd with 121 horses shipped by M. Brown Esq., M. L. C. We understand that it is the intention of this gentleman to make yearly shipments of a like quantity.” The “Amyone” sailed from Geraldton on Sunday, 30 January (WA Times, 4 Feb 1876, p2 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2975502). --00--
CORRECTION: Re Register -- it's for the Quarter ending March 31st, 1876. --00--
BACK TO CALCUTTA: He is on a “Register of Expirees and Conditional Pardon Holders who have left the Colony during the Quarter ending March 151st, 1876”: Thomas Cullen, expiree, was one of four such passengers who sailed for Calcutta on the “Amyone” on 23 January, 1876. Described as middling stout, 43 years, 6ft., unmarried, dark brown hair, dark grey eyes, long visage, sallow complexion; marks – VR, crown, flags, pile of shot, star, half moon, drum and drumsticks, and two bugles right arm; cut left thumb. (WA Police Gazette, No9, April 26, p35 at https://slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/battye/police_gazettes/187604_m.pdf) --00--
OTHER: Thomas Cullen’s WA Convict Record gives very few details about the man. It is a brief document. That is, aside from his convict number, name, name of the ship, minimal court martial details and Ticket of Leave date, there is no physical description, no personal details, and no record of his placements on ToL or any punishments/remittances. Only his character is commented on – as “quarrelsome” (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; General Register for Nos 4375-4534, 1017, 6383-6458 (R24-R25)). Some of the gaps in this record have been filled by the description of him in the WA Police Gazette of 1876, as below. --0--
FREMANTLE JAIL RECORD: CULLEN, Thomas, inmate #4503, arrived 8 Aug 1857 per City of Palaces Date of Birth: 1832 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Labourer Sentence Date: 1856 Sentence Place: Bombay, India Crime: Striking sergeant Sentence Period: 14 years Ticket of Leave Date: 22 Dec 1859 Conditional Pardon Date: 18 Jul 1862 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/history-heritage/research/convict-database/) --0--
THOMAS CULLEN: Born: 1832 Convicted: Striking a sergeant (Court Martial) and sentenced to 14 years on 2 September 1856, at Bombay, India Family Status: Unmarried, as at 8 August, 1857 Occupation: Soldier Transported: To WA on the City of Palaces from Singapore (departed 20 June, 1857) arriving at Fremantle, Western Australia, on 8 August. He had been sent from Bombay prison. Convict No.: 4503 Ticket of Leave: Granted on 22 December, 1859, at Western Australia Conditional Pardon: Granted on 18 July, 1862, at Western Australia Left: Thomas Cullen #4503 left the colony for Calcutta on 23 January, 1876 (https://waconvicts.fhwa.org.au/g0/p181.htm#i4503). --0--