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Voyage
Transportation
Owen Sullivan was transported on the Marion, departing 30th Oct 1851 and arriving 30th Jan 1852 with 281 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 265 (135) |
| 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
ADM 101/255,1G Medical journal of the Marion, hired convict ship from 21 October 1851 to 7 February 1852 by Mr Le Grand, Surgeon Superintendent, during which time the ship was employed on the voyage to Swan River. Folios 5-11: case no. 2, Owen Sullivan, aged 20, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, phthisis pulmonalis, came from Pentonville Prison, has been a soldier and was employed on the Public Works at Swan River, stated that his family were generally healthy and that he has ten brothers and a sister, he complained of symptoms of bronchitis, with dry cough; put on sick list 3 November 1851, died 14 January 1852 at 1.45 pm.