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Transportation
Sarah Robinson was transported on the Friendship, departing 31st May 1817 and arriving 14th Jan 1818 with 102 passengers.
This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long was one of the light weight ships in the fllet and was skippered by Master Francis Walton. Built in Scarborough in 1784, she carried 76 male and 21 female convicts. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.
FriendshipReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 350 |
| 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
Sarah, a fustian cutter and single woman from Manchester had stolen bank notes. Along with Ruth Guest, Mary Ann Buckley and Mary Sharpe broke through locks in the dungeon tower at Lancaster Castle and got onto the roof, claiming, when captured, that 'they just wanted to see the fine prospect'. After their escape attempt, they were kept in irons until departure. Following the voyage, where there was widespread misconduct between sailors and the woman, the reports from the enquiry which followed said Sarah was "lazy, scrofulous and epileptic". Straight after arrival, Sarah was sent on the Duke of Wellington to the Derwent River, Van Diemen's Land. Soon after that arrival, she had to sit in the stocks for two hours and was jailed for a week for being drunk and disorderly. The year after in 1819, Sarah married Peter Ogilvie (ship- Indefatigable) at St Johns, Launceston. Sarah received her certificate of freedom in 1824 but now free, that year and the next had several fines for being drunk and disorderly and on the 4th occasion, was sent to the Georgetown female factory for four weeks. Whilst at the factory, Sarah passed away and was buried nearby on the 12th January 1826, aged just 25.
1820 - Port Dalrymple Population Muster, 1820 Married to Peter Oglevie
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 An a list of 53 female convicts, from the ship 'Friendship', embarked on board the ship duke of Wellington, for the Derwent in Van Diemen's Land, with their times, places of trial and sentences extracted from indents - 30/1/1818
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Main Series of Letters Received, 1788-1826 - names of convicts with their characters during the voyage from London to New South Wales on the transport ship Friendship. pp 6597 to 6605 Lazy, scrophulous (Tuberculosis) and epileptic