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Voyage
Transportation
Robert Goswell was transported on the Palmerston, departing 8th Nov 1860 and arriving 11th Feb 1861 with 296 passengers.
978 ton ship was built at Moulmein, Burma in 1853. On the voyage from Portland, England to the Swan River Colony, Western Australia in 1860/61 the ship also carried passengers, pensioner guards, wives and children as well as soldiers and 296 convicts.
Palmerston (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 334 |
| 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
29/7/1858 Exeter Flying Post Devon, England: CROWN BAR,—MONDAY ATTEMPT TO MURDER A WARDER. ROBERT GOSWELL, 22, was charged with having th assaulted with intent to murder William Holberton, on the 29th June last. Edited** William Holberton was chief warder in the borough gaol of Plymouth. In May last the prisoner was brought to the gaol on a charge of felony. Robert Goswell was 26 years old on arrival in WA. He was single, 5'7¾" tall, dark brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, middling stout, sword cut on right thigh. 23/6/1862: TOL 16/10/1867: CP Listed as a Labourer/general servant/herdsman. 13/1/1874: Robert was hung at Perth Goal.
Goswell murdered Mary Anne Lloyd, a former lover. Under the influence of alcohol, he arrived at here home with a gun, yelled out "Here you are my lady, take that" and shot her dead. He pleaded guilty but acting while insane, but was found guilty at a trial on 26 December 1873. He was sentenced to death. [Source: The Herald (Fremantle) 3 January 1874, page 3.