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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Smith was transported on the Bussorah Merchant, departing 24th Mar 1828 and arriving 26th Jul 1828 with 170 passengers.
The Bussorah Merchant was built at Calcutta in 1818, 531 tons. The ship transported convicts from England in 1828 to New South Wales, from Ireland in 1829/30 to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land and in 1831 another voyage to Sydney, New South Wales. (The ship also made voyages to Australia, in 1837, 1839 & 1845 with free immigrants.)
Bussorah Merchant (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 357 (180) |
| 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
National Archives. Hulk Records. HO-9-7_3 Sheerness, Retribution Hulk, page 6/47. Received from Maidstone 22 Feb 1828. Thos. Smith (2) age 40, Ho Breaking, tried at Maidstone, 2 Jan 1828, Life, To NSW 17 March 1828. Thomas Good, age 20, Ho Breaking, tried at Maidstone, 2 Jan 1828, Life, To NSW 23 May 1828. Thos. Smith (3), age 19, Ho Breaking, tried at Maidstone, 2 Jan 1828, Life, To NSW 23 April 1828.
Gaol Calendar. ...Thomas Smith and Thomas Good, indicted for entering the dwelling house Thomas Goldsmith, the day time, no person being therein, and stealing sundry articles wearing apparel other articles value 4£. 7s. his property, at Marden.—Death recorded. ... Kentish Weekly Post, 8 Jan 1828 Moore, Fanny, committed for want of Sureties as necessary witness to give evidence against Thomas Smith and Thomas Good— Discharged by Proclamation. Maidstone Journal, 15 Jan 1828. The undermentioned 17 Convicts were on Friday last removed from the County Gaol, Maidstone, and put on board the Retribution Hulk, at Sheerness-—Bernard Daly, Thomas Smith, Thomas Good, Charles Jones, Benjamin White, Thomas Smith, James Brown, Flower Howell, Thomas Dean, Edward Williams alias Louis Joseph Francois, James Harris Thomas Cooper, Stephen Nash, Cornelius Brewer, Richard Climson, James Wells, and James Austen —Transported for Life. Kent Herald, 28 Feb 1828. NOTE; there were 2 men named Thomas Smith , both convicted at Kent, both with Life sentences, both sent to the hulk Retribution together. The Hulk records clarify which one was transported on which ship.