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Frederick Gregory 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 153 (78) |
| 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
Frederick Gregory was born in about 1823 in Cheshire, son of John Gregory, a factory worker. In 1845, was in a de facto relationship with Hannah Robinson and they had a daughter, Sarah Ann, born 1844. Gregory was convicted of stealing jewellery and a pair of boots, and Hannah and her mother, Barbara Robinson, of receiving. Hannah was sentenced to 7 years and transported with Sarah Ann on Lloyds, arriving Nov 1845. Barbara was sentenced to 10 years, but pardoned after a petition. Gregory worked as a carpenter, living in Collingwood in the 1860s and 1870s. In about 1880, he was working for a publican in Fernshaw. He died at the Melbourne Hospital with blood poisoning recorded as the cause of death. His wife, Elizabeth (Sullivan) Gregory gave evidence that he had been drinking continuously for two weeks before his death.
On Monday last, Frederick Gregory, a carpenter, was charged before W. B. Taylor, Esq., at Walton, with burglariously entering the houses of Mr. ?, watchmaker and Mr. Tomlinson, boot and shoemaker, at Stone, on the night of the 6th inst. and stealing therefrom a variety of articles. Staffordshire Advertiser, 22 Feb 1845. --------------------------------------------------- Convict Exiles Index. Frederick Gregory, age 23, per Thomas Arbuthnot. Date of trial, 14/3/1845, at Stafford, sentence, 10 years, Charge, Breaking into a shop and stealing therein. Remarks: Exiles.