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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
William Slater was transported on the Marion, departing 27th Sep 1847 and arriving 9th Jan 1848 with 301 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 HO11/15, Page Number 213 (108) Trial record: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/images.jsp?Kdoc=184608170021 Great Britain's Exiles sent to Port Phillip, Australia, 1844-1849 (Ph.D. thesis): https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/51010 |
| 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
Transcript states age 15 at the trial of William and his brothers (Thomas and John SLATER) in 1846. Disembarked, with brother Thomas, from the Marion at Port Phillip (Williamstown), 25 Jan 1848, as a participant in the exile scheme instituted by Lord Stanley, British Colonial Secretary.