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Summary

Born
Jan 1745
Conviction
Shop lifting
Departure
May 1789
Arrival
Jun 1790
Death
Jan 1822
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Personal Information

Name: Mary Gosling
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1745
Death: 1st Jan 1822
Age at death: 77
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Shop lifting
Convicted at: Warwick, Assizes
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 31st May 1789
Ship: Lady Juliana
Arrival: 3rd Jun 1790
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Mary Gosling 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.

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References

Primary Sourcehttp://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/confem4.html

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Convict Notes

Eric Harry Daly avatar
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on 6th January 2013

Mary Gosling was sentenced to 7 years transportation at Warwick Assizes on 2 Apr 1788 for shoplifting. She married Joseph Morley (Friendship) on 19 Dec 1790 at St Johns Parramatta. July 1791 - Mary and her husband Joseph Morley moved to a 50 acre land grant at Prospect 1807 - They sold their farm to Joseph's younger cousin (also called Joseph Morley who arrived in the colony on the 'Surprise' in 1790 Joseph remained a constable at Prospect until his dismissal in 1820. After Joseph's death in 1822 Mary lived in the household of the younger Joseph Morley.