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Transportation
Mathew Roarke was transported on the Kinnear, departing 10th Jul 1842 and arriving 23rd Oct 1842 with 174 passengers.
Built 1834 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 369 Tons. (Register of persons transported is not yet completed - currently being listed.) 1842 Voyage. OCT. 23. - Arrived the barque Kinnear, Lidderdale master, from Dublin 10th July, with 180 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent - G. J. Fox, Esq. The guard consists of Captain Bull (with Mrs. Bull, 4 children, and 1 female servant), and 30 rank and file of the 99th Regt., - 4 women, and 6 children. Colonial Times (Hobart) 25 Oct 1842.
Kinnear (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Belfast Quarter Sessions. Matthew Rorke and George Young, for burglariously entering the house of Charles Hammond, on 28th February, and stealing therefrom a number of spoons, and other articles. Guilty ; ten years’ transportation. This was Rorke’s fourth, and Young’s second, conviction. Northern Whig, 19 April 1842.
Departures Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CUS36-1-198 A Mathew Rourke is listed as a steerage passenger on board the Ship Eucalyptus, embarking at Hobart, bound to Melbourne, departing 30 August 1852.
Kinnear Indent: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-17$init=CON14-1-17P54 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-17$init=CON14-1-17P55 6804. Mathew Roarke, tried at Antrim, 12 April 1842, 10 years, age 18, height 4 ft 11¾, catholic, can read and write, single. Offence: Burglary and stealing – silver music box, spoons, 2 hams, tablecloths, &c. p. at Belfast. Young for same. Silk handkerchiefs, 3 months; money, 3 months. Surgeon’s Report: Good. Trade, Flaxdresser. Native place, Co. Antrim. Remarks: F, Barnard, Mary, N.P. B. Rob, W; S, Jane, Mary, Ann. --------------------------------------------------- Conduct Report: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-28$init=CON33-1-28p146