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Henry Patterson was transported on the Thomas Arbuthnot, departing 6th Jan 1847 and arriving 4th May 1847 with 289 passengers.
Built 1841 at Aberdeen, Scotland. Wood ship of 621 Tons. Thomas Arbuthnot, 1847. “The Thomas Arbuthnot convict ship, Captain Thomson, sailed from Spithead this morning for Port Phillip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially called “exiles.” These are the first “exiles” sent to the above settlement, which the inhabitants of that respectable place are very wroth at, and have memorialised the Government on the subject. The most ingenious trades and professions are carried on, on board this ship; in fact, we believe, all trades in vogue have their representatives on board. The most ingenious affair, however, is a newspaper in manuscript, published every Saturday, having its foreign and domestic correspondence, advertisements, and, indeed, all the necessary accessories to an apparently well-conducted journal. The articles are well written and the arrangements well made. The name of this paper is the Citadel, and the conductors dub the captain of the ship ” the governor.” The Citadel having no opponents enjoys a large circulation. The editor is a man who has been of considerable note in the legitimate literary world; but all names and circumstances in connexion with their present position is strictly preserved secret with regard to these “exiles,” the greatest majority of whom are juvenile offenders from Millbank, Pentonville, and Parkhurst (Isle of Wight) prisons.”—Times, January 12. Published in the Launceston Examiner, 2 June 1847. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36252218?searchTerm=Thomas Arbuthnot There was a lot of public criticism of the arrival of these “Exiles” in New South Wales, and of their treatment, by being offered training, etc, to the detriment of honest but poor labourers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 149 (76) |
| 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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Data from the research of Victor Malham, GG Grandson of Henry: An Exile — Henry Patterson Henry Patterson (aka Pattinson) was the son of Jonathan (1796-1849) and Mary (nee Waterton) (1791-1839) Patterson. They lived Great Yarmouth. Henry had 8 siblings. Henry was arrested with two other boys by a constable PC Horner. The other two boys were named as Tunmore and Bowles. The one named Bowles ‘shopped’ the other two and was let of. Tunmore received three months imprisonment. On the 21 Jun 1842 Henry was committed to appear at Great Yarmouth Quarter Sessions accused of stealing a pair of boots, he was 13 year of age at the time.. After sentencing Henry was first admitted to London’s Millbank Prison as a transit arrangement before being transferred to Parkhurst Juvenile Reformatory for boys on the Isle of Wright on 13 September 1842. Parkhurst juvenile prison established in 1838 to house more serious juvenile offenders prior to transportation. His gaolers report on admission to the prison stated that he was ‘bad in every respect’, single and could read and write. Later the prison governor commented that his general character and disposition were ‘steady and industrious, rather dull’, he could read and write. During his time at Parkhurst he was taught the trades of a cooper and brick maker. Henry was granted an immediate conditional pardon and went to work as a shepherd for Mr Brock of Mt Macedon, Victoria for one year at £20 per annum. Most of the Parkhurst boys were treated as immigration labour, but some were treated a convicts and were still considered juvenile prisoners even though given a pardon. On Friday 30 January in 1852 Henry Patterson married 18 year old Anne Sloane (1834-1909) an Irish Workhouse Orphan at the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, cnr Swanston and Little Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne, Victoria. They were both living at Kinlochewe at the time of their marriage. Henry took up farming in the Kalkallo/Donnybrook area and finally settling at Sugarloaf Creek, (approximately 100 kilometres north of Melbourne, Victoria). The marriage to Anne produced 8 children. Henry died 30 May 1867 at Sugarloaf Creek, near Tallarook, Victoria of Chronic Hepatitis at the young age of 38. On the register of his death it states that he was ill for two months and the death was reported by Edward Ryan a farmer. He was buried 1 June 1867, Tallarook Cemetery. Anne would have been left with eight children aged from 13 years to one year old. Life would have hard for the next few years without husband and she was now a farmer and the bread-winner. Anne remarried three years later to Charles McGinty. Three sons were born from this marriage. Charles (1871-1915), Edward (1874-1880) and unnamed male (1875) died at one day old. Anne died 11 April 1909, aged 75 years, in either Glenaroua or Seymour.
Hello Henry Patttison (Patterson) was my Great Great Grandfather Mathew Pattersons younger brother. The family all came from great yarmouth and were seammen. Mathew was later the master in charge of the steam tug the Star which was part of the redfunnel steam tug boat company in Yarmouth. Henry later married a girl in Australia by the name of Ann Sloan,henry died in Australia at the age of 38 years. I have a lot more information on the family and i will check out my records and post all i have on this site. Sidney Pattersn England 11/09/2011