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James Halkett was transported on the Frederick, departing 30th Nov 1812 and arriving 18th Jun 1814 with 3 passengers.
The Frederick was a 210 ton wooden sailing ship, built in Batavia 1807. Mainly transporting cargo and passengers from Calcutta, India to Sydney, Australia but also some convicts, (military). Also In 1815 she carried eight escaped convicts that had stowed away on the Archduke Charles when she had left from Port Jackson for Canton. SHIP NEWS - On Tuesday arrived the ship Frederick, Capt. WILLIAMS, from Calcutta, via Bencoolen and Batavia, with a valuable cargo of merchandize, - Passengers, Mr. WINDER and Lieut. STEWART, who removed to the Pilot, and sailed the following day for Sydney. In this vessel arrives 7 male and 3 female prisoners, destined for Port Jackson. Hobart Town Gazette, 18 Oct 1817. Arrived in Port Jackson 22 NOv 1817. Shipwrecked at Cape Flinders, Stanley Island, Queensland, Australia in 1818.
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Colonial Secretary Index. HALKETT, James. Per "Frederick", 1814. 1814 Mar 31 Re case of Halkett who was soon to arrive per "Frederick" (Reel 6018; 4/3521 pp.6-7) ---------------------------------------------------- Letter. Dated 31 March 1814, from Secretary’s Office, Sydney. to Sec to Gov. Fort William, Bengal. …. 2. The ship Frederick alluded to in your letter of the 27 Aug 1813, has not yet arrived here, and consequently I am not enabled to say further with respect to the proceedings of the Governor General in Council in the Judicial Department of the 9th Jan 1813, and the sentence of the Supreme Court of Judication in the Case of James Halkett, a convict on board that vessel will be duly attended to on his arrival. The Frederick has been for some time at the Southern Settlement on the Derwent in Van Diemen’s Land, and is daily expected here.