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Transportation
Thomas Sullivan was transported on the Eliza, departing 10th May 1832 and arriving 6th Sep 1832 with 196 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Absconded. Sullivan Thomas, Eliza (6), 32-1966, 31, County Galway, Labourer, 5 feet 6, dark ruddy comp. brown to grey hair, grey eyes, several scars from a burn inside lower left arm, nose large, from R. Scott, Patrick’s Plains, since 9th Dec. NSW Govt Gazette, 1 Jan 1834.
The Assizes for the County Galway terminated Friday, a sitting precisely a fortnight. The following are the names of the prisoners. brought up to receive sentence immediately before the rising of Court: — … Thomas Sullivan, for sheep stealing- to transported for 7 years; Limerick Chronicle, 11 April 1832.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Thomas Sullivan, age on arrival, 30, per Eliza II (4)(1832), Tried 1832 at Galway, 7 years for Stealing sheep. DOB, 1802. Native place, Galway Co. Catholic. Married. Ploughman reaper sower.