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Transportation
John Dickinson was transported on the Indefatigable And Minstrel, departing 9th May 1812 and arriving 19th Oct 1812 with 331 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby, England. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. The Indefatigable sailed from England on 4th June 1812 in company with the Minstrel. The Indefatigable came direct to Hobart, VDL arriving there on 19 October 1812. One prisoner died on the voyage out. Having disembarked the prisoners in Hobart, the Indefatigable arrived in Port Jackson on 6 December 1812, departing there bound for England in January 1813. The Indefatigable returned to Australia with convicts in 1815 (see separate listing).
Indefatigable And Minstrel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 60 |
| 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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Tasmanian Records. Description: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-1/CON23-1-1-P106 No 225. John Dickinson, Tried at Lincoln, 10 Mar 1810, 14 years. Per Indefatigable, 1812. Remarks: CE 1458. 7 Aug 1821. Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-9/CON31-1-9P83 No 225. John Dickinson. No other information on this record. Other record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-1/CON13-1-1P15 John Dickinson, Tried Lincoln Assizes, 10 Mar 1810, 14 years.
John Dickinson, who was found guilty on two indictments for sheep stealing, and William Barke, convicted of having robbed John Scott on the highway, were left by the Judge for execution, and they will undergo the awful sentence of the law, this day. Drakard’s Stamford News, 23 March 1810. Assizes. At Lincoln, William Sharpe... and John Dickinson, for sheep-stealing, ... William Barke, for robbing John Scott, of Ulceby, farmer, on the highway, ... were all capitally convicted, and received sentence of death; Dickinson and Barke are left for execution; Oxford Journal, 31 March 1810. Barke and Dickinson both appear to have been reprieved.