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Mark Logan was transported on the Castle Forbes, departing 3rd Oct 1819 and arriving 4th Mar 1820 with 143 passengers.
The Castle Forbes was a 439-ton merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. Castle Forbes arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 27 January 1820. After their arrival in Sydney, 136 men were sent on to Van Diemen's Land Colony (now named Tasmania), arriving in Hobart 1 March 1820. 4 men remained in New South Wales and 4 deaths recorded on this voyage. Alexander Pearce (the infamous bushranger) was one of these men. (Incomplete register of persons transported - records are currently being inputted)
Castle Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | 1823 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. |
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Convict Notes
1828 -The Hobart Town Courier. Sat 26 Jan 1828. Page 3. THE COUNTRY POST. Some little time after Williams complaining of thirst. the constable who had him in charge (Mark Logan) procured him a drink, & while holding the vessel to his mouth, Williams with his hand in irons before him, contrived to slip a knife which he had concealed in his sleeve, so as to thrust it suddenly into the body of Logan. He consequently succeeded in making his escape also, and Logan we learn, is scarcely expected, to live
1823 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. No; 109. Name; Mark Logan. Ship arrived by; Castle Forbes [1820]. Trial Co. Armagh. Sentence; 7 years 1826 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. No; 109. Name; Mark Logan Ship arrived by; Castle Forbes [1820]. To whom assigned; DIED; 1828 1826 - Hobart Town Gazette, 11 Mar 1826. Page 1. GOVERNMENT PUBLIC NOTICE. Certificate of Freedom. Mark Logan. Castle Forbes