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Bartholomew Moriarty was transported on the Hougoumont, departing 10th Oct 1867 and arriving 9th Jan 1868 with 281 passengers.
875 ton ship was built at Moulmein in 1852. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/on-this-day-in-history-australias-last-convict-ship-docks.htm ---------------------------- Incorrect Image ....This is a four masted steel hulled Barque in the drawing , im surprised Australian Geo didn't do a bit more research on this .......The Hougoumont was a works ship on the Forth Bridge Project in 1885 ....the one potrayed as a drawing in Aust Geo is the later version of this ship.....the photograph i have attached is the correct and original convict vessel. --00-- 1867 "The hired convict ship Hougoumont, which has been taken up by the Government for the conveyance of a numerous party of convicts to Freemantle, Western Australia, left the Nore on October 1, and proceeded down Channel, after receiving on board 150 convicts from the establishments at Chatham and Millbank. The convicts from the Chatham establishment, at St. Mary's, embarked from the dockyard on board the paddle-wheel steamer Adder, Mr. W. J. Blakely, and were in charge of a numerous party of convict guards and wardens, all heavily armed. Among the convicts shipped were a party of fifteen Fenians, who were engaged in the late conspiracy in Ireland, together with the officers and crew convicted of scuttling the ship Severn, and some others who have achieved notoriety from their crimes. The Fenian convicts, like the remainder of the prisoners, were chained together in gangs, but it was observed that they were kept apart from the other convicts in a portion of the vessel by themselves. The steamer Petrel also took down a number of convicts from the establishment at Millbank for shipment on board the Hougoumont, in charge of a strong escort and convict guard. On Tuesday, October 8th, the Hougoumont arrived in Portland roads. Shortly before midday ninety convicts were marched down to the Government pier at Portland under a strong escort of the 12th Light Infantry. The party included twenty-three Fenian convicts, among whom it was said, was Moriarty. The Government steamer employed in the breakwater service was used for conveying the convicts on board the Hougoumont transport ship. The convicts were chained together on embarking, and on board the steamer a strong guard of marines from her Majesty's ship St. George was formed, and saw the convicts safely placed on board the Hougoumont. The Governor of the penal settlement at Freemantle, Captain Young, is on board the Hougoumont, and returns in that ship to his sphere of duty after paying a visit to his native land." Source: Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 19 Dec 1867, p4, English Shipping, available on Trove at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28608271?searchTerm=hougoumont.
HougoumontReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/19, Page Number 259 (132). --00-- KW Amos, 1987, “The Fenians and Australia c1865-1880”. |
| 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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--000-- ANOTHER STRAND OF THE BARTHOLOMEW MORIARTY STORY: From KW Amos, 1987, “The Fenians and Australia c1865-1880”, chapter 8, "The pardoned Fenian convicts", pp 209-210-: "In January 1874, six years after they arrived at Fremantle, only a dozen Fenian convicts were still undergoing servitude. Apart from O'Reilly who arranged his own departure, and one Fenian who died whilst a convict, almost fifty had been granted pardons, the nature of which - whether free or conditional - influenced their choice of destination. Ten returned almost immediately to Ireland, eighteen left for the United States and seventeen elected to stay in Australia. Three others cannot be traced with certainty... Some mystery surrounds the granting of the first pardons to Patrick Doran and Bartholomew Moriarty, who received Queen's clemency only six months after they arrived in Western Australia. Doran, a Dublin gardener turned Fenian, had been convicted of high treason and sentenced to death - commuted later to life penal servitude - for his part in the Dublin rising in March 1867. The only clue as to official motives behind his remarkably early release is revealed in a recommendation from the Irish attorney-general, forwarded by Earl Mayo, chief secretary of Ireland, to the Home Office in London, on 17 April 1868. It stated in part: 'Doran was selected for trial because the leader Lennon had escaped...and because it was convenient to try some men implicated in the Dublin outbreak.' Moriarty, from Rathmore, County Kerry, a mason by trade before he turned to Fenianism, was convicted of treason-felony and sentenced to seven years servitude for his part in the Cork rising of 1867. In this case, Dublin Castle submitted a recommendation, dated 9 May 1868, to the British secretary of state, referring to discussions between the lord chief justice and the lord lieutenant of Ireland, in which mention was made of Moriarty having pleaded guilty - an implication that an early pardon may have been promised in return for his turning Queen's evidence. The two pardons were issued in Western Australia on 9 July 1868, conditional upon the recipients not returning to the United Kingdom before the full expiration of sentence. Comptroller General Henry Wakeford called for an account of the private cash and prison earnings of each man, and when told that the income due to both was nil, he secured Governor Hampton's approval that each be given a £2 gratuity to assist his return to society. Doran stayed a year in the colony then departed in September 1869 with fourteen other pardoned Fenians who were bound for San Francisco . The circumstances of Moriarty's release possibly account for the absence of any further mention of his movements, either on his convict record, where departures from the colony were usually indicated, or in communications between released Fenians in later years. On the other hand, he might simply have settled quietly somewhere in Western Australia." --000--
WHAT HAPPENED TO BARTHOLOMEW MORIARTY? Family researchers have a different date of birth for Bartholomew "Bat"/"Batt" Moriarty - 1853. They have traced his movements from WA to America (New York) in June 1870 where a Bat Moriarty, 18, a labourer and a native of Ireland, is listed as arriving aboard the England (which sailed from Liverpool and Queenstown in Ireland). He was a steerage passenger (New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957). By 1873, he was back in Ireland where he married Mary O'Connor. In 1875, Bartholomew and Mary arrived at Maryborough in Queensland aboard the migrant ship, the Tim Whiffler (Maryborough, Queensland Australia Immigrants from the British Isles & Germany 1861-91). Over the next 20 years, the couple had 10 children. Bartholomew Moriarty died on 29 June, 1937, and was buried at Isisford Cemetery in Queensland. His FindAGrave record lists his spouse Mary O'Connor Moriarty (died 1930) and their daughter Kate Moriarty Busteed (died 1900, along with her infant son). All three were also buried at Isisford.
From Fremantle Jail records: MORIARTY, Bartholomew #9828 10 Jan 1868 Hougoumont Date of Birth: 1849 Place of Birth: Rathmore, County Kerry Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Stonemason Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Cork Crime: Felony, treason Sentence Period: 7 years Certificate of Freedom Date: 9 Jul 1868 Comments: One of 62 Fenians transported on the Hougoumont, the last convict ship sent to Australia. Its arrival at Fremantle on 9 Jan 1868 signalled the end of transportation to this country. Resided Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland (see https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00-- 1868, 20 January: He was sent to Guildford (see Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Establishment, Miscellaneous; Superintendents Register of Prisoners, 1867 - 1877 (V10)). Guildford was founded in 1829 as one of the earliest settlements of the Swan River Colony (see Wikipedia).
1868, 10 January: On arrival in WA, he was listed as prisoner #9828, 18 years old, and a mason; single, with no children (see Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department Registers (128/40 - 43)). This record also contains his physical description. --00--
1867, 2 May: At the Special Commission, Cork, Bartholomew Moriarty, 18, was convicted of treason-felony, i.e. “Burglary and robbery of firearms and assaulting Henry London Esq ”. The Brisbane Courier reported that Moriarty and James Connell were indicted for "attacking the residence of Captain London on the night of the 5th of March and taking arms therefrom" (16 August, 1867, p3). Moriarty pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years' transportation, while Connell pleaded not guilty. Bartholomew Moriarty had been admitted to Cork Prison on 2 April, 1867. He was a mason, Roman Catholic and could read and write. Born at Knocknagree in 1849, he was 18 years old (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Cork; Cork 1861-1873). 1867, 10 June: He was sent from Cork to Mountjoy Prison, in Dublin, where they were kept for almost 4 weeks. 1867, 6 July: He was admitted to Millbank Prison, at Westminster in London, which served as a holding facility for convicted prisoners before they were transported to Australia. At Millbank, Bartholomew Moriarty was listed as 18, single, able to read and write imperfectly, a Roman Catholic and a mason. His father, John Moriarty, a mason from Rathmore, County Kerry, visited him in jail. By this time, according to the jail record, he had spent 2.4 months behind bars. 1867, 30 September: Bartholomew Moriarty and 13 other “Government prisoners” (Fenians) in Millbank were removed for transportation aboard the Hougoumont (see UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Millbank Prison Register of Prisoners, 1867-1868).
OCCUPATION: Mason (as per court, prison and transportation records)