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Kenneth Mckenzie was transported on the Thomas Arbuthnot, departing 6th Jan 1847 and arriving 4th May 1847 with 289 passengers.
Built 1841 at Aberdeen, Scotland. Wood ship of 621 Tons. Thomas Arbuthnot, 1847. “The Thomas Arbuthnot convict ship, Captain Thomson, sailed from Spithead this morning for Port Phillip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially called “exiles.” These are the first “exiles” sent to the above settlement, which the inhabitants of that respectable place are very wroth at, and have memorialised the Government on the subject. The most ingenious trades and professions are carried on, on board this ship; in fact, we believe, all trades in vogue have their representatives on board. The most ingenious affair, however, is a newspaper in manuscript, published every Saturday, having its foreign and domestic correspondence, advertisements, and, indeed, all the necessary accessories to an apparently well-conducted journal. The articles are well written and the arrangements well made. The name of this paper is the Citadel, and the conductors dub the captain of the ship ” the governor.” The Citadel having no opponents enjoys a large circulation. The editor is a man who has been of considerable note in the legitimate literary world; but all names and circumstances in connexion with their present position is strictly preserved secret with regard to these “exiles,” the greatest majority of whom are juvenile offenders from Millbank, Pentonville, and Parkhurst (Isle of Wight) prisons.”—Times, January 12. Published in the Launceston Examiner, 2 June 1847. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36252218?searchTerm=Thomas Arbuthnot There was a lot of public criticism of the arrival of these “Exiles” in New South Wales, and of their treatment, by being offered training, etc, to the detriment of honest but poor labourers.
Thomas Arbuthnot (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 156 MHNSW Convict Exiles Index 1849-1850 INX-20-2483 |
| 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
Son of James McKenzie and Mary Reid. On landing, was employed as a shepherd for one year, by Dr Thomson from Geelong.
MHNSW Convict Exiles Index 1849-1850 INX-20-2483 His occupation was shepherd, relevant to his crime.
The next case was that of Kenneth M'Kenzie, charged with the crime of sheepstealing. He pleaded not guilty. from the evidence it appeared that, in the month of October last, before the Aboyne market, George Gordon, farmer, Brack missed from his flock 20 three-year-old wethers and his shepherd 3 two-year-old wethers, a ewe, and a hog, which were afterwards discovered, and identified by the mark GOB on the horn, at the farm of a Mr Bell. The prisoner, it seemed, had stolen the sheep the end of September, and had sold them as his own at Braemar market to Francis Gordon, crofter at Hirkhill, whom they were purchased soon after by Mr Bell, The prisoner, who was in the habit of buying and selling sheep, was apprehended the above market on suspicion of the theft, when he stated that he had bought them at Tomintoul market, from a person he did not know. He was subsequently let go, and when search was made for him to take him into custody again he was nowhere to be found until some months afterwards he was apprehended in Inverness-shire. The charge was completely brought home to the prisoner, whose counsel, contended that had, he himself said, bought the sheep from some other person, and called the jury to acquit him. Lord Moncrieff having summed up, the jury immediately and unanimously found the prisoner guilty; and he was sentenced to transportation for ten years. Aberdeen Press, 23 April 1845.
Age 30 years (1845), Marital status Single Tried at Aberdeen 21/04/1845 Held at Pentonville Prison where he learned the trade of Tailoring Declared fit for transportation 4/12/1846 on Ship Thomas Arbuthnot