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Transportation
John Mcauliff was transported on the Dorothy, departing 5th May 1820 and arriving 29th Sep 1820 with 193 passengers.
Built In Liverpool in 1815. Transported Male only prisoners from Ireland
Dorothy (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849 Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office vin LINC Tasmania website and official transcription July 2017 |
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The question of the which John McAuliffe was admitted to Windsor Gaol on 22 Jan 1838 is quite clear. It was John the Younger. The record unequivocally records his arrival per Parmelia, his age as 20 and his height at 4ft 10ins. There are no mentions of distinguishing marks except a burn on his R cheek. This contrasts with his father, the subject of this record, who was admitted to Sydney Gaol in 1838, correctly recorded by his immediately past prior transportation per Captain Cook, has his age recorded as 41, is 5ft 5¾ins tall and has the distinguishing tattoos which appear in multiple other records.
The John McAuliffe at Court in Carcoar in 1852 was not this man. It was his son, recorded as John the Younger in convict records. This John McAuliffe had been sent to Tasmania from Norfolk Island on the Lady Franklin in 1844. He remained in Tasmania until receiving a Conditional Pardon on 11 January 1853 and then sailing on the steamer "Pirate" for Geelong and Melbourne on 9 December 1853. (LINC Tasmania POL220-1-3 pp.381-382 and CON33-1-55 p.14184)
1837: John McAuliff, 40, per ‘Captain Cook’ 1836, assigned to R Campbell MC, Sydney (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; NSW General muster L-Q 1837). 1838: Admitted to Sydney Gaol – John McAuliffe, per Captain Cook, 1836; born 1799; 5’5¾”; stout build, fresh complexion, dark brown hair and grey eyes; his tattoos are described in detail (see NSW Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Description Book Sydney 1835-1838). 1838, 22 January: John McAuliffe, Co Cork, Catholic, labourer, bond, is sentenced to 3 days in the cells and return to labour for refusing his rations at Windsor; released 25 January. Is this John Snr or John Jnr? (see NSW Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930, Description Book Windsor 1838) 1839, 28 February: He is sent from Sydney Jail to Port Macquarie (see NSW Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Entrance Book Sydney 1837-1841). 1839, 27 April: John McAuliff per ‘Captain Cook’ 1836, bond, admitted to Sydney Gaol; tried at Port Macquarie; sent to Norfolk Island on 16 October 1839 (see NSW Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930, Entrance Book Sydney 1837-1841). 1852, 3 February: A John McAuliffe, Carcoar, charged with stealing from the person; tried; sent to Bathurst Jail (see NSW Criminal Court Records, 1830-1945; Clerk of the Peace Registers; Registers of criminal depositions received (Deposition Books), 1849 Sep-1864 Dec). And then he disappears from the official records...
1832, 15 October: John McAuliff, 38; convicted at Cork; born about 1794; conviction for vagrancy, 7 years (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Annotated Printed and Bound Indentures 1833-1835). 1834, 1 March: Arrived per Parmelia (2); can read and write; Catholic; married, four children – one boy on board; tried 15 October 1832, 7 years for Vagrancy; previous conviction, 7 years; 38yo, farm servant; 5’5½”, dark ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes; whiskers turning grey and meeting under the chin; tattoos – crucifix on upper, 7 stars, sun, moon, tree, Adam & Eve; AE inside lower right arm; mermaid, man and woman, dove and two hearts; 1814 inside lower left arm. Notation: “Was here before in the ‘Dorothy’, in the same name; returned free in 1827, per ‘Marquis Hastings’. "Brother to prisoner No 34-560 [Jeremiah McAuliff, 16; vagrancy, 7 years; shoemaker’s boy] and Father to No 34-361 [John McAuliff Jnr, 13; vagrancy, 7 years; errand boy].” A handwritten note across the record says: “Came from the Colony and returned for Life in the Captain Cook in 1836.” (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Annotated Printed and Bound Indentures 1833-1835) 1834: Assigned to George Colless, Penrith (NSW Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834; NSW Convicts arrived 1833-1834). 1834, December: Escapes per ‘Caroline’ to VDL. Then escapes per ‘Thomas Lowrie’ to England. 1836, 21 March: Convicted at Cork’s Spring Assizes – life and transportation, again. 1836, 13 November: Arrives in NSW per Captain Cook (3); life sentence; 40, can read and write; married with 3 children; native of Cork; farm labourer; returning from transportation; tried Cork City, Spring Assizes, 21 March 1836; Life, no former convictions (!); 5’5 ¼”, dark ruddy complexion, dark brown hair mixed with grey, hazel eyes. Remarks: Description of his many tattoos; then “1st – Transported per ‘Dorothy’ 1820. 2nd – Transported per ‘Parmelia’ 1834. Escaped per ‘Caroline’ to Van Diemen’s Land and from Van Diemen’s Land per ‘Thomas Lowrie’ in December 1834. Son and Brother in the Colony.” (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Annotated Printed Indentures 1836)
1824, 21 December: On list of runaways from Port Macquarie forwarded to Newcastle (see https://www.jenwilletts.com/searchaction.php). 1825, 12 May: Newcastle – aged 27; native of County Cork; 5'7"; hazel eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy complexion. Absconded from gaol gang (see https://www.jenwilletts.com/searchaction.php). 1825, 17 May: Newcastle, NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825: “Andrew McColl, John McAuliff and Charles Fagan, runaways from Port Macquarie, charged with attempting to break out of gaol after having ran [sic] from this settlement on the 4th of May, being retaken at Wallis Plains and sent back. The keeper of his Majesty’s Gaol states - I was going my rounds last night about 8 o’clock and hearing an unusual noise in the room where the prisoners are confined in company with Samuel Hart (notorious gaol breaker) now under committal for a trial for a burglary and William Halfpenny, under sentence for Corporal punishment. I suspected something wrong was going on amongst them. I procured the keys and examined the room. I discovered in one part of it a hole made large enough for a man to creep through. The hole had been made with the iron work of a tub in the room. They had destroyed the tub. The prisoners respectively deny having any knowledge of the hole or how or when it was made. Sentenced to 50 lashes each.” (see https://www.jenwilletts.com/searchaction.php) 1827, 22 March: Certificate of Freedom: per Dorothy, 1820; 7yrs; native place Cork; labourer; 29; 5’6½”, dark ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes. Notation: “Was sent to Port Macquarie 1st November 1823 for 3 years for running away from … Plains.” CoF overwritten with: “Cancelled McAuliff having been transferred from jail and [re-transported] by the Parmelia 2 arrived March 1834 in the same name. Ran from the Colony [he escaped per Caroline to Van Diemen’s Land and from VDL per Thomas Lowrie in December 1834. He was then] re-transported for Life by the Captain Cook in 1836 in the same name.” (see NSW Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867; Register of Certificates of Freedom)
This man's proclivity for trouble (or his desperate circumstances, or a sense of adventure, who knows) led to his criss-crossing the oceans between Ireland and the colonies of New South Wales and Tasmania several times in the space of 16 years. And so it begins (some records have been omitted because they are not vital) with his first voyage as a prisoner on the "Dorothy". She weighed anchor and sailed out of Cork Harbour on 5 May, 1820. On 20 September the Dorothy was in Sydney Harbour. 1820, 23 August: One of the last men to be “unironed” on the voyage, according to the Dorothy’s surgeon Robert Espie (see UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856, Dorothy 1820 01 Mar - 1820 29 Sep). 1820, 19 September: John McAuliff, sentence of 7 years for felony [crime not given], convicted Cork City, Lent 1820; native place Cork County; born about 1798 (see NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849). 1820/21: Per Dorothy; 22yo, native of Cork County; 7 years; labourer; 5’7”, florid complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842,Bound Indentures 1820-1821).
CRIME: 7 years for felony, convicted Cork City, Lent 1820 (NSW, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls… 1790-1849)