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Ellen Kelly was transported on the Elizabeth, departing 27th Aug 1827 and arriving 12th Jan 1828 with 195 passengers.
1828 - Elizabeth arrived from Ireland with Female Irish Convicts. Total No Embarked; 194. Drowned on voyage; 1 Died on Board; 1. Total mustered 192 on arrival at Sydney Cove 12 January 1828. 16 Children on Board Walter Cock - Commander Joseph H Hughes - Surgeon Superintendent.
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| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
ADM 101/24/31827-1828 Medical and surgical journal of the Elizabeth convict Ship, for 6 July 1827 to 26 January 1828 by Joseph H Hughes, Surgeon, during which time the said Elizabeth was employed in transporting female convicts from Ireland to Sydney, New South Wales. Folio 20: Ellen Kelly, Convict; sick or hurt, Ulcus naso; put on sick list, 25 December 1827; no discharge date, continues. Folio 17: 1 January 1828, the ship arrived off the coast of New South Wales, the weather remarkably fine and warm, all the sick convalescing. … One patient has a diseased nose from past excesses.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Ellen Kelly, age on arrival, 39, per Elizabeth II, 1828, tried 1826 at Dublin, 7 years for Robbing person. DOB 1789, native place, Meath. Married, 2 children. Catholic, Remarks: Unserviceable from venereal disease.