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Transportation
Michael Dunn was transported on the Castle Forbes, departing 28th Sep 1823 and arriving 19th Jan 1824 with 142 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)
Castle Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Moreton Bay Convict Register. |
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Convict Notes
Moreton Bay Convict Register. Michael Dunn, per Castle Forbes 2, Tried at Cork City Lent Ass. 1823. Vagrant, 7 years, ploughman. Colonial conviction: Gen. Sess. Parramatta, 28 Jan 1828, House robbery, 3 years. Died 4 May 1830. Description: age 35, native of Cork, 5 foot 5¼. Pale comp. Brown hair, dk grey eyes, catholic.
Absconded. 3. Dunn Michael, Castle Forbes, 30, Cork, 5 feet 6, grey eyes, brown hair, brown freckled comp. from No. 1 Gaol Gang, near Emu Plains. Sydney Gazette, 26 Aug 1826.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, Name: Michael Dunn. Ship; Castle Forbes Age: 37 [1793] Date of Death: 4 May 1830 District: Moreton Bay. Capt. Logan ----------------
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. No; 83 Name; Michael Dunn Age; 27. Trade; Ploughman Offence; Vagrant Trial & Date; Cork City. 17 March 1823. 7 years. Height; 5 ft. 6 in Native Place; Cork Complexion; Brown, freckled Hair; Brown Eyes; Blue Remarks; DIED; at Morten Bay 4 May 1830 [Behavior on board ship] Very well Assigned; John Piesley?, Parramatta