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Crime
Transportation
James Hill was transported on the Arab, departing 3rd Jul 1822 and arriving 6th Nov 1822 with 156 passengers.
Arab had another voyage as a convict ship - after discharging 228 prisoners in Hobart, Arab departed on 26 July 1834 with 11 prisoners for Sydney; arrived there on 15 August 1834. Source: The Sydney Herald, Monday 18 August 1834 p 2 Two of the prisoners were William COMSTIVE, and Thomas HORTON - both having arrived in VDL per "Lady Ridley" 1821; and both having been sentenced to secondary transportation.
Arab (generic)References
| Primary Source | Tasmanian Libraries. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 183 (92) |
| 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
Conduct Record: Transported for Stealing, Free cert. 14 Sep. 1852 https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2P217 https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-18$init=CON31-1-18P157 https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/all/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fNAME_INDEXES$002f0$002fNAME_INDEXES:1401737/one?qu=james&qu=hill&qf=NI_SHIP_FACET Ship+(Names+Index) Arab Arab+||+Arab+(1) Arab+(1) Departure from Launceston 28 Sep. 1852 on ship Yarra Yarra bound to Melbourne, Status: Free by servitude https://stors.tas.gov.au/POL220-1-2$init=POL220-1-2P089
The Notes on James Hill say he was in Narellen NSW in 1841. I believe this is incorrect. James & Lydia Hill remained in Tasmania until 1857 when they left for Victoria.
Born in Stafford, Staffordshire England. Arrived in Hobart Town on 30th November 1822. On 8th October 1834 James married Lydia Kempkey in Longford Tasmania. By 1841 James had settled in Narellan NSW and operated a hotel, which used to stand on the site of the current Narellan Post Office. James and Lydia and their seven children would depart Launceston in March of 1857 onboard the vessel “Queen” and arrive in Melbourne Victoria in the same month and year of March 1857. Here James Hill would become a farming labourer. James and Lydia Hill would have seven children in thirteen years. They were Eliza (1838 – 1899), Lavinia Adelaide (1840 – 1882), my direct ancestor William Frederick (1842 – 1908), Mary Ann (1844 – 1921), John (1847 – 1858), David (1849 – 1893), James (1851 – 1923). James Hill died at Kangaroo Flat in Bendigo Victoria on the 21st of November 1860. James Hill settled in Narellan in 1841 and conducted a hotel, which was on the site of the present Narellan Post Office. From James McClelland's Authentic Australians. Book No2 Volume 1. P81