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Transportation
Mary Matthews was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.
394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.
Palambam (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 |
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Convict Notes
Thursday, Feb. 2, 1837. Before Mr. Justice Burton and a Civil Jury. John Evans, free, and Mary Matthews, convict, were indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Samuel Barnett, at Sydney, on the 12th November. The prisoners were in the service of the prosecutor, and were left in charge of his house while he went to the Theatre, on the day laid in the indictment, and taking advantage of their master's absence, they entered the shop, with a false key, and would doubtless have had a considerable booty had they not have been disturbed. Guilty. Sentence of death was recorded against the prisoners, but was commuted to transportation to a penal settlement for fourteen years. Sydney Herald, 6 Feb 1837. -------------------------------------------------- Mary was sent to Moreton Bay penal settlement. Moreton Bay Convict Record Mary Mathews, Palambam, Tried at Cavan Jan 1830, 7 years for stealing calico. Dairy maid. Colonial conviction: S. Court Sydney, 2 Feb 1837, Larceny, sentence – 14 years. -------------------------------------------------- Moreton Bay was closed as a a penal settlement around 1839. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary letters regarding Moreton Bay. Letter from Moreton Bay, to Colonial Secretary, 9 May 1839. Letter re 2 female prisoners to remain in Moreton Bay- one in hospital, the other as her nurse. In margin: Rebecca Rideout - Sovereign Mary Mathews, Palambam. Details re Rebecca Rideout – employed in Factory as Constable & Asst to Matron – disgraceful conduct- in Brisbane hospital for accouchement. Recommends her removal as soon as convenient from Moreton Bay. -------------------------------------------------- Letter from Moreton Bay to Col Sec. Dated 30 July 1839. Enclosed- Letter from Surgeon Ballard re Rebecca Rideout and Mary Mathews. - to remain at Moreton Bay – Rideout weak & Mathews to care for her & child. ------------------------------------------------------ Rebecca Rideout died at Moreton Bay in 1839. --------------------------------------------------- Letter from Moreton Bay, dated 29 Nov 1839. List of prisoners forwarded by the schooner “Curlew” from Moreton Bay to Sydney, 21 male prisoners and 4 females, including: Mary Mathews - Palambam.
CONVICTED AT: Cavan, Ireland, on 25 January 1830 (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842).