Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Richmond Moore was transported on the Speke, departing 13th Dec 1820 and arriving 18th May 1821 with 156 passengers.
Speke (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 421 (212) |
| 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
Melville Island is off the Northern Territory. The British established a trading post known as Fort Dundas in 1824, to try to compete with French and Dutch trading in the area. The Fort was unsuccessful, and lasted only five years.
Colonial Secretary index. MOORE, Richmond. Per "Speke", 1821 1825 May On return of the sick prisoners at Melville Island between 1 Nov 1824 and 30 Apr 1825 (Reel 6066; 4/1802 p.59) The above record lists: Richmond Moore, Disease- contusion; Admitted Jan (?) 3rd, discharged Jan 5th ..
Summer Assizes. At Hereford Assizes, and Henry White, James Guillim; James Rea, John Stinton, John Painter, and Richmond Moore, for house-breaking. severally received sentence of death, but were, all reprieved before the Judges left town. (Painter and Moore are natives of Tewkesbury, and had been for many years the terror of the neighbourhood in which they resided.) New Times, 11 Aug 1820.