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Transportation
John Mcdonald was transported on the Edwin Fox, departing 24th Aug 1858 and arriving 20th Nov 1858 with 284 passengers.
892 ton ship, built in Calcutta, India in 1853. Transported convicts, pensioner guard, soldiers and their families - from Plymouth, England to Western Australia - 1858. (Had been to Australia previously, in 1856, as a passenger ship.) (Later went on to service in the Crimean War.) Converted to be a passenger ship and carried immigrants to New Zealand. In 1880 converted, again, as a cool storage facility in Picton, New Zealand. Ship was in use until 1950 when abandoned. In 1965 she was bought by the 'Edwin Fox Society' and towed to Shakespeare Bay for restoration and then towed to Picton Harbour, New Zealand for display and is on the National Trust Registry, NZ. She is the second oldest surviving merchant ship.
Edwin FoxReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 294 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
The contribution above has been listed for the wrong ‘Joseph McDonald’. He arrived per “Phoebe Dunbar 1853” – please see relevant profile page for this convict. There were two John McDonalds’ on this voyage – the other being Convict No.5088 who received ‘life’ for burglary. The John McDonald aka Joseph was Convict No. 5330 – He was 22 years old and was transported for ‘wounding with intent’. John was 5’6 ¼” tall, dark brown hair, grey eyes, sallow complexion, middling stout, cut under right eye, unmarried, semi literate, RC. 12/4/1862: TOL 20/5/1868: John/Joseph McDonald died at the Fremantle Lunatic Asylum.
Convicted of rape at Toodyay 4 Jan. 1861: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/69136712 Hanged 15 January 1861 at Perth Gaol: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/69136025