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Transportation
Isaac Sturt was transported on the Adelaide, departing 13th May 1863 and arriving unknown with 211 passengers.
The 'ADELAIDE’ was built 1832 in Calcutta. Wood ship of 640 Tons. 1849 voyage: Departed London 17 Aug 1849. The convicted persons were then known as 'Exiles' because they had served part of their sentence in England and providing they were of good conduct were to be given a 'Ticket of Leave' or Conditional Pardon upon arrival in Australia. The 'Adelaide' arrived at Hobart, VDL on 29 Nov 1849 and disembarked 40 men. The ship then sailed to Port Phillip, Victoria but was refused entry and so sailed on to Port Jackson, New South Wales arriving there 24 Dec 1849. 1855 voyage: departed Portland, England on 19 April 1855, arriving Fremantle, Western Australia on 18 July 1855. 260 convicts, 1 death. The ship also carried 30 Pensioner Guards and their families.
Adelaide (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 559 (281) |
| 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
Issac was born in St Lukes, Islington, London to Isaac Sturt and Ann (nee Scunthorpe)He married Caroline O'Brien and worked as a porter for Messrs Hutton & Co a wool merchant. When Mary died in 1860 leaving him to care for at least five children he began stealing from his employers. He formed a relationship with a widow Maty Winter of Brick Lane who recieved the goods. When they were arrested by City of London Police dectectives William Smith and Thoedore Halstead-Foulger the officers found 50 bundles of wool, wosted, 24 packet of cotton, 10 pounds of beads, 120 laces, 60 stereoscope slides, 1,080 yards of tape, lace hankerchefs, and savings book with £7 0s 2d in it in Mary Winter's rooms. Isaac was sentenced to 7 years penal servitude for stealing and Mary to 18 months confinement for recieving at the Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court) on 8th April 1861 (case reference number t18610408-365) Henry returned to London and appears in the 1871 census liveing with his son Henry and working as a weaver and the 1881 census living with his married daughter Emma working as a "mangler". He died in London in 1889.