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Thomas Keary was transported on the Waterloo, departing 18th Dec 1830 and arriving 30th Apr 1831 with 200 passengers.
1829 - Waterloo's first voyage arrived at Sydney Cove 9 July 1829. 180 Male Convicts. 2 Died on voyage. 7 sent to the hospital on landing. Total mustered; 171. Stephen Addison - Commander Michael Goodsire - Surgeon Superintendent [His wife was a passenger] 1842 - The Waterloo voyage of 1842 was wrecked on 28/8/1842. 189 people drowned, these being 143 convicts, 15 men of the 99th Regiment, together with 17 wives and children, the boatswain Mr. Chiverton, the sailmaker, the carpenter and 11 of the crew. Convicts were then received in Cape Town Prison from the wreck of the Waterloo, 2nd September 1842. They then completed their voyage to VDL per “Cape Packet” which arrived on 23/11/1842.
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Convict Notes
NSW Convict Index. Thomas Keary, per Waterloo 1831, Certificate of Freedom, 2 Feb 1840. No 40/0388.
Absconded. Kearey Thomas, Waterloo, 31-674, 19, Carlow, errand boy, 4 feet 10½ inches, ruddy freckled comp., brown hair, brown eyes, scar over right eye, J T C on left arm, from R. C. Lethbridge, Georgiana, since June 15. NSW Govt Gazette, 8 July 1835.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Thomas Keary, age on arrival, 15, per Waterloo (2) 1831. Tried 1830, at Dublin, 7 years for Picking pockets. 1 former conviction. DOB, 1816. Native place, Carlow. Single. Catholic. Errand boy. Colonial sentences.