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Transportation
Thomas Minnane was transported on the Castle Forbes, departing 28th Sep 1823 and arriving 19th Jan 1824 with 142 passengers.
The Castle Forbes was a 439-ton merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. Castle Forbes arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 27 January 1820. After their arrival in Sydney, 136 men were sent on to Van Diemen's Land Colony (now named Tasmania), arriving in Hobart 1 March 1820. 4 men remained in New South Wales and 4 deaths recorded on this voyage. Alexander Pearce (the infamous bushranger) was one of these men. (Incomplete register of persons transported - records are currently being inputted)
Castle Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. |
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Convict Notes
UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Ship: Castle Forbes 1823 - 1824 Name; Thos Menane Age; 29 Disease; Diarrhea Notes; Complains of much pain within the belly .... Date; 24 Dec 1823 ----------------
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Indent No; 5 Name; Thomas Minnane [Menane] Age; 29. [38 on the Warrants] Trade; Herdsman Offence; Murder Trial & Date Limerick - Sept 1822. 14 years. Height; 5 ft. 11 1/4 [5ft 9 in on the Warrants] Native Place; Limerick Complexion; Fair Hair; Brown Eyes; Grey Remarks; Crippled in his hands and feet and weakly in intellect [Behavior on board ship] Very Good Assigned; Carters Barracks