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Henry Elgar was transported on the Waterloo, departing 11th Mar 1833 and arriving 3rd Aug 1833 with 216 passengers.
1829 - Waterloo's first voyage arrived at Sydney Cove 9 July 1829. 180 Male Convicts. 2 Died on voyage. 7 sent to the hospital on landing. Total mustered; 171. Stephen Addison - Commander Michael Goodsire - Surgeon Superintendent [His wife was a passenger] 1842 - The Waterloo voyage of 1842 was wrecked on 28/8/1842. 189 people drowned, these being 143 convicts, 15 men of the 99th Regiment, together with 17 wives and children, the boatswain Mr. Chiverton, the sailmaker, the carpenter and 11 of the crew. Convicts were then received in Cape Town Prison from the wreck of the Waterloo, 2nd September 1842. They then completed their voyage to VDL per “Cape Packet” which arrived on 23/11/1842.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 24 |
| 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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Convict Notes
NEWCASTLE. Escape of Six Prisoners from Newcastle, and Capture of the Cutter Brothers. On Monday morning before break-of-day, six prisoners belonging to the gang at Nobby's Island, escaped from the General Hospital and seized the cutter Brothers, the property of Mr. Smith, from the Ballast Wharf, and escaped to sea, taking the crew with them. The wind blowing fresh from the N.W. enabled them to make considerably to the Eastward by daylight, at which time the vessel was so far off as to be scarcely visible. TUESDAY MORNING No tidings have as yet been heard of the men who escaped yesterday morning. (The Australian 24 Apr 1844 p. 3.) The undermentioned prisoners have absconded from the Convict Newcastle, in irons, seized the Cutter “Brothers,” lying in the Harbour at Newcastle on the 21st April, 1844. Edward [Edwards] James, Royal Admiral (2), 43, Worcester, brass founder … Elgar Henry, Waterloo (3), 31, Kent, seaman and farm labourer, … Hughes Henry, Exmouth, 27, London, errand boy, … Ringwood Samuel, Henry Porcher to V. D Land, and Moffatt to Sydney, 24, Norwich, groom … Wilson Buchanan, Marquis Huntley (3). 32, Glasgow, weaver and farm boy … Whitehead Robert, Lord Lynedoch (3), 27, Bath, plasterer and slater … (NSW Government Gazette 26 Apr 1844, (No. 40), p. 623) [They were tracked down and recaptured about two weeks later after they had raided Bundobah cattle station near Carrington. All six were sentenced to life at Norfolk Island. – Chris Ison]