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Voyage
Transportation
Amelia Harding 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.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 20 |
| 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
Old Bailey Online AMELIA HARDING. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 22nd October 1788 Text type Trial account Defendants AMELIA HARDING Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 22nd October 1788 Reference Number t17881022-39 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 645. AMELIA HARDING was indicted for stealing, on the 17th of October , one cotton gown, value 2 s. two linen aprons, value 12 d. the property of Sarah Moysam ; and two shifts, value 2 s. one apron, value 6 d. and a frock, value 6 d. the property of Joseph Barber . The prisoner was taken coming down stairs with the property in a bundle. (Deposed to.) GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.