Walter Gardner

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Summary

Born
Jan 1830
Conviction
Larceny from a person (including picking pockets)
Departure
Jan 1850
Arrival
Apr 1850
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Walter Gardner
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1830
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: Gardener

Crime

Convicted at: Central Criminal Court
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 1st Jan 1850
Ship: Bangalore
Arrival: 30th Apr 1850
Place of Arrival: Moreton Bay

Transportation

Walter Gardner was transported on the Bangalore, departing 1st Jan 1850 and arriving 30th Apr 1850 with 302 passengers.

Built 1843 at Jersey. Wood barque of 877 Tons.

BangaloreBangalore (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 144 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230692370?searchTerm=superintedent convicts ticket of leave
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Kate avatar
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on 8th November 2025

From the New South Wales Government Gazette 28th March 1851 - THE Tickets of Leave of the undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown, have been cancelled for the reasons stated opposite their respective names :- Walter Gardener, Bangalore, absconding from his hired service; Gayndah Bench.

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on 12th January 2020

c1830: Stated aged 19, in 1849 Quarterly list in prisons and on hulks. [Great Britain Home Office & Australian Joint Copying Project & National Library of Australia & Library of New South Wales & Great Britain Public Record Office., "File 16, AJCP Reel: 92, Convict Transportation Registers, 1787 - 1870", Page 144.] 16-Aug-1847: Indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 1s.; of a man unknown, from his person, having been before convicted of felony. GUILTY. Aged 19.— Transported For Seven Years. [Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 12 January 2020), August 1847, trial of WALTER GARDNER (t18470816-1833)] 30-Sep-1849: Detained on the Prison Hulk, York, at Gosport. [Great Britain Home Office & Australian Joint Copying Project & National Library of Australia & Library of New South Wales & Great Britain Public Record Office., "Quarterly list in prisons and on hulks, 1849, (File 99-101. AJCP Reel No: 5206)", York Convict Hulk at Gosport, Page 60] 28-Jan-1851: Ticket of Leave 50/0132; On the recommendation of the 2b Commissioner of Crown Lands Burnett. 2-Apr-1851: Ticket of Leave cancelled, for absconding from his hired service. Gayndah bench. [Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893)", Page 2, 2 April 1851]