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Transportation
Elizabeth Drury was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/confem4.html Burial Transcripts of Old Sydney Burial Ground |
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Convict Notes
Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Elizabeth Drury Age 27 [Born Abt 1763] Birth Place of Crosby Trial Place Lincoln Status Single Ship Lady Juliana © 2006-2024 Ancestry
Elizabeth Drury was convicted at Lincoln in 1787 of obtaining goods under false pretences. She cohabited with Joseph Short, they had one child Joanna H Short born 1792. Elizabeth Drury died 8 May 1793 and is buried in the Old Sydney Burial Ground.