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Christopher Greaves was transported on the Thomas Arbuthnot, departing 6th Jan 1847 and arriving 4th May 1847 with 289 passengers.
Built 1841 at Aberdeen, Scotland. Wood ship of 621 Tons. Thomas Arbuthnot, 1847. “The Thomas Arbuthnot convict ship, Captain Thomson, sailed from Spithead this morning for Port Phillip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially called “exiles.” These are the first “exiles” sent to the above settlement, which the inhabitants of that respectable place are very wroth at, and have memorialised the Government on the subject. The most ingenious trades and professions are carried on, on board this ship; in fact, we believe, all trades in vogue have their representatives on board. The most ingenious affair, however, is a newspaper in manuscript, published every Saturday, having its foreign and domestic correspondence, advertisements, and, indeed, all the necessary accessories to an apparently well-conducted journal. The articles are well written and the arrangements well made. The name of this paper is the Citadel, and the conductors dub the captain of the ship ” the governor.” The Citadel having no opponents enjoys a large circulation. The editor is a man who has been of considerable note in the legitimate literary world; but all names and circumstances in connexion with their present position is strictly preserved secret with regard to these “exiles,” the greatest majority of whom are juvenile offenders from Millbank, Pentonville, and Parkhurst (Isle of Wight) prisons.”—Times, January 12. Published in the Launceston Examiner, 2 June 1847. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36252218?searchTerm=Thomas Arbuthnot There was a lot of public criticism of the arrival of these “Exiles” in New South Wales, and of their treatment, by being offered training, etc, to the detriment of honest but poor labourers.
Thomas Arbuthnot (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 152 |
| 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
At the Hawthorn Court on Tuesday, … Agatha Greaves was again remanded as a dangerous lunatic. Leader (Melbourne), 19 Jan 1867.
Mr Candler held an inquest on Wednesday, at Camberwell, upon the body of a male child named Greaves, aged thirteen months. Agatha Greaves deposed that the deceased was her child. He had not been christened. For some time, he had been unwell, cutting his teeth. He was afterwards attacked, with dysentery, and she gave him groats and flour mixed. She did not take him to a medical gentleman. Christopher Greaves, father of the deceased, stated that he had told his wife she ought to have a doctor, but she would not. She gave no reason. She was not wanting in natural affection for her children. Mr John de la Roche Bragge, surgeon, stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased, and found death to have resulted from disease of the bowels and brain. If the child had been properly attended to, witness believed its life might have been saved. He considered the mother utterly unfit, from mental causes, to take charge of the child. The jury returned a verdict of death from dysentery and disease of the brain, aggravated by the want of proper attention. The jury were of opinion that the father of the deceased was to blame for having left him in charge of the mother, who, in their opinion, was mentally incapable of taking charge of her children. Leader (Melbourne) 29 Dec 1866.
John Clewlow, Ralph Greaves, Christopher Greaves, and Thomas Macdougal, four lads, were charged with stealing a quantity of lead, the property of W. Parker, Esq. The prisoners, with the exception of Macdougal, were committed on Friday for another felony, but remanded on the present charge. Staffordshire Advertiser, 10 Dec 1842. JOHN CLEWLOW, RALPH GREAVES, and CHRISTOPHER GREAVES pleaded guilty to charge of stealing three clogs, the property of John Fitten, at Stoke-upon-Trent. They were afterwards tried with Thomas M'Dougall, upon an indictment charging them with stealing quantity of lead, the property of William Parker, Esq. of Stoke-upon-Trent. Staffordshire Advertiser, 7 Jan 1843.
Convict Exiles Index. Christopher Greaves, age 18 ½, per Thomas Arbuthnot. Year 11/1/1847. Port Phillip.
Married Agatha Rutherford 1856 had 2 children Charles & Samuel Greeves. Died 1902 aged 85 Melbourne.