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Voyage
Transportation
Eleanor Gibbon was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.
394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.
Palambam (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Annotated Printed Indentures 1831 |
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Convict Notes
County of Down Assizes. Elinor Gribben, indicted for stealing three spades at Downpatrick, on the 2d January last, the property of Samuel Paterson. Guilty ; transported for seven years. On sentence being passed, prisoner said, “thank you, my Lord” Newry Telegraph, 9 April 1830.
Crime: Stealing tools (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Annotated Printed Indentures 1831).
Occupation: All work, cook (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Annotated Printed Indentures 1831).