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Morris Landers was transported on the Frederick, departing 30th Nov 1814 and arriving 30th Nov 1814 with 5 passengers.
The Frederick was a 210 ton wooden sailing ship, built in Batavia 1807. Mainly transporting cargo and passengers from Calcutta, India to Sydney, Australia but also some convicts, (military). Also In 1815 she carried eight escaped convicts that had stowed away on the Archduke Charles when she had left from Port Jackson for Canton. SHIP NEWS - On Tuesday arrived the ship Frederick, Capt. WILLIAMS, from Calcutta, via Bencoolen and Batavia, with a valuable cargo of merchandize, - Passengers, Mr. WINDER and Lieut. STEWART, who removed to the Pilot, and sailed the following day for Sydney. In this vessel arrives 7 male and 3 female prisoners, destined for Port Jackson. Hobart Town Gazette, 18 Oct 1817. Arrived in Port Jackson 22 NOv 1817. Shipwrecked at Cape Flinders, Stanley Island, Queensland, Australia in 1818.
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| Primary Source | Convict Indents. Colonial Secretary Index. |
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Surname: Landers First Name: Morris Ship: Frederick 1815 Date: 11 July 1814 Place: - Source: Convict Indents Details: Tried at Madras 14 July 1814 and sentenced to transportation for life. Native of Limerick, Occupation carpenter. Age 25. 5ft 10in -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. LANDERS, Morris. Per "Frederick", 1815. 1817 May 17 - On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.150) 1821 - Keeper of H.M. Gaol at Newcastle. Petition for conditional pardon (Fiche 3209; 4/1863 p.11) 1823 Feb - Deputy Gaoler of H.M. County Gaol. Memorial (Fiche 3067; 4/1835A No.176 pp.129-32) 1823 Oct 18 - Deposition of re details of runaways from Windsor (Reel 6017; 4/5783 pp.487-8) 1824 Apr 26 - Acting as a witness in a monetary transaction (Reel 6060; 4/1777 p.141) 1825 Apr 18 - Circular re information required for returns of the Colony, 1823 (Reel 6014; 4/3514 pp.94-6) ----------------------------------------------------- Surname: Landers First Name: Morris Ship: - Date: January 1820 Place: Newcastle Source: Evidence before J.T. Bigge Details: Evidence of Morris Landers, Gaoler at Newcastle. 1. How long have you been in your present situation? About ten months. 2. Are you a prisoner? I am a prisoner for life. 3. What is your pay or allowance? I have no pay, but 1 have a ration and a half and the indulgence of a government man. 4. How do you employ the government man? He works for a settler who allows me seven shillings per week and he [the settler] gets his [the convict's] ration. 5. What is the number of prisoners now confined in the gaol? Sixty six and of these twelve are sick. 6. Is this the ordinary number? It is, sometimes I have more and sometimes less. 7. Is it the custom to confine prisoners in the gaol gang for some time after they arrive till their characters are known? It is when they arrive with bad characters from Sydney or have long sentences. 8. How many persons are employed under you in the gaol? Three but I formerly had four. 130 9. Are they all prisoners in the settlement? They are. 10. How many rooms are there for the prisoners? Four for the male prisoners and one for the females. 11. Who keeps the keys of the gaol? I do in the day time and the Chief Constable at night, 12. Who visits the gaol during the day? The public clerks visit the gaol at noon, day and day about to see the provisions issued out and to make a report to the Commandant. The Chief Constable visits the gaol at sunset to muster the gaol gang. 13. Are prisoners confined in the gaol for punishment? They are committed to sleep in gaol at nights for punishment and are sometimes confined in solitary cells. 14. Are there any trucks [truckle beds] or garbets [?] in the gaol for the prisoners to sleep upon? None, 15. Then they sleep on the floor? They do, 16. Are they allowed to go out at night to the privy? They are not. They use tubs. 17. Do they complain of being much crowded? They do sometimes. 131 18. Do they bring bedding with them? Some few do so. In the winter the Commandant allows them straw. 19. Where do they cook their provisions? In one of the rooms, which is the largest, where also the corn mill is. They use, however, all the rooms for their 2 private cooking, 20. How often is the gaol washed? Three times a week at least. 21. How often is it white-washed? Once a month. 22. Does the Commandant often visit the gaol? ---------------------------------------------------- Provost Marshal's Office, June 20, 1822. MORRIS Landers is appointed Under Gaoler, or Keeper of His Majesty's Gaol in Sydney, in the Room of John Toole, dismissed for gross Neglect of Duty, or more Criminal Participation in the Escape of a Prisoner on Sunday last. Morris Landers' Pay and Allowances are to be considered as commencing on Monday last, the 17th of June Instant, on which Day Toole was dismissed. J T. Campbell, Provost Marshal. Sydney Gazette, 21 Jun 1822.