Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Nappy King was transported on the Australasia, departing 26th Jun 1849 and arriving 29th Sep 1849 with 203 passengers.
Built 1847 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 500 Tons. Passenger/transportee's are currently being listed (incomplete at this date)
Australasia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Tasmanian Archives - convict records. St. John's Orphan school. |
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Convict Notes
Name: King, Nappy Record Type: Convicts Employer: Gormley, Mary A.: 1851 Hurburgh, James: 1851 Byworth, George: 1852 Departure date: 26 Jun 1849 Departure port: Dublin Ship: Australasia Place of origin: Galway Origin location: Latitude and Longitude Voyage number: 314 Index number: 40379 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1409540 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1409540
One of the convict women being honored on Mother's Day 2017 at Franklin House, Launceston, Tasmania.
Apparently Nappy & William POW lived in a de facto relationship and did not actually marry until later years. They settled in the Gawler area, Ulverstone/Leven district.
Nappy KING, and her sister Kitty, were convicted at Galway, Ireland on 10 April 1849 for stealing one sheep. 7yr transportation sentence. Quiet, not convicted before. Sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the ship 'Australasia' arriving 29 Sept 1849. Aged 26yrs; dressmaker; 5'1"; fresh complexion; dark hair; blue eyes; Roman Catholic. Single woman but stated she had lived 9 years with Mr. Hyson. One child, a son, aged 6mths - accompanied her on the voyage. Native Place: Galway, Ireland. Sisters Eliza & Kitty Van Diemen's Land: Assigned out to work services. 1851: Sent to Female Factory, Cascades, Hobart for 7 days for disorderly conduct. 1 Feb 1853: Ticket of Leave granted. 19 July 1853: Application for permission to marry - to William POW (transported per Mayda). Approved. 28 Aug 1854: Conditional Pardon approved. Child: Darcy Izod KING - admitted to St. Johns Orphanage, New Town, nr Hobart on 8 Dec 1851, aged 3yrs 6mths. 3 April 1856 - transferred to the male orphan school. Note on record that he was blind. (Note: children of female convicts were required to live at the Orphanage so they were free to work.)No detail on record if he ever returned to his mother. Sent to Port Arthur Paupers depot.