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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
George Melville was transported on the Guildford, departing 22nd Mar 1827 and arriving 25th Jul 1827 with 193 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 120 |
| 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
Alexander Carmichael and George Melville, residing in Perth, were indicted for housebreaking and theft, and being habit and repute thieves. George Melville pled and Alexander Carmichael pled Guilty, An objection was taken to the production of an extract proving Carmichael habit and repute thief, on the ground that it was signed by the Magistrate instead of the Clerk of Court, which objection was sustained. The Public Prosecutor after examining a few witnesses gave up the case, when Carmichael was dismissed from the bar. Melville was sentenced to 14 years transportation. Fife Herald, 28 April 1825. Euryalus hulk record. HO-9-2-4 page 1 Six from the Justicia Hulk, 19 June 1825 George Melville, No 271 age 15, Crime, Theft, Perth, 22 Apr 1825, sentence - 14 years, How disposed of – to Retribution, 7 Jan 1827. The prison hulk, the Euryalus, an ex-frigate of the Trafalgar fleet, was moored at Chatham. Over the twenty years that this hulk serviced juveniles, about 2,500 boys of fourteen and under passed through. There were also considerable numbers of older boys both in the juvenile hulk and distributed among the other hulks. From the Euryalus, boys were transported both to New South Wales and to Van Diemen’s Land.