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William Nottage was transported on the Buffalo, departing 28th Sep 1839 and arriving 12th Feb 1840 with 90 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
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| Primary Source | Tasmanian Appropriation Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-8$init=CON27-1-8p31 |
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502. William Nottage, Per Buffalo, 12 Feb 1840, Tried at Province of Upper Canada, 7 Jan 1839, Life. Transported for Piratical Invasion of Upper Canada. Married and 6 children. Wife Abigail at Michigan. Tasmanian Appropriation Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-8$init=CON27-1-8p31 502. William Nottage, 5ft 5. age 40, ploughman, tried at Upper Canada, life. Native of Maine. Note- Died in hospital 14 April 1840. -------------------------------------------------- The seventy-six North American political prisoners sent to Sandy Bay were to be employed building a nine-mile stretch of road between Sandy Bay and Brown’s River. … Work consisted of boring and blasting rock in a nearby quarry, breaking stone, and wheel barrowing earth, clay and stone for road building. … During the third week of March, William Nottage was fatally injured in a blasting accident. From https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/onhistory/1900-v1-n1-onhistory04950/1065618ar.pdf