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Thomas Consterdine was transported on the Recovery, departing 30th Jul 1819 and arriving 18th Dec 1819 with 189 passengers.
Built 1799 Batavia, 493 tons. 1823 voyage. Also arrived the same morning, (i.e. Thursday last) from Ireland, having sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 5th April, the ship Recovery, Captain Fotherley, with 180 male convicts, in tolerable health : no deaths on the passage. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Cunningham, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 1st, or Royals, commanded by Captain Gill, who is accompanied by his Lady. Three free passengers come out by this conveyance, at the expence of the Crown. Sydney Gazette, Thurs 7 Aug 1823. 1835 voyage. Surgeon's general remarks. On 5th October 1835, the Guard embarked at Deptford, consisting of 1 staff, 1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 26 rank and file of the 28th Regiment, accompanied by 8 women and 4 children. On the 19th at Spithead we received on board 160 male convicts from the Leviathan and 120 from the York Hulk and in the 30th got under weigh, previous to which, the convicts were discharged to the hulks in consequence of their being a great nuisance on board. Source:The medical and surgical journal of HM convict ship Recovery for 5 October 1835 to 16 March 1836 by Alexander Neill, during which time the said ship was employed in passage to Sydney New South Wales
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 192 |
| 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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New South Wales, Australia. Convict Death Register Thomas Consterdine a constable Date of Death; 17 January 1834 - Shot by the Military .. mistake in the Bush Age; 30 years ** Note; Ship is noted as Minerva on the Death Register/s
Convict Index 1791-1873. Thomas Consterdine, per Recovery 1819, Certificate of Freedom, 27 Apr 1826. Thomas Consterdine, per Recovery 1819, Certificate of Freedom, 10 July 1828. -------------------------------------------------- I828 Census Index. Thomas Constantine, age 28, per Recovery 1819, 7 years, catholic, Labourer to John Eales, Hunters River district. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 4th March, 1834. HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified, that a Despatch has been received at this Office from Captain Foster Fyans, of the 4th or King's Own Regiment, Acting Commandant of Norfolk Island, dated 16th February, reporting that a Mutiny had broken out in that Island on the morning of the 15th January last, in which about one hundred and fifty convicts, comprising the gaol gang, capital respites, and others, were concerned ; but which was soon quelled, with the loss of five convicts killed, six wounded, and two soldiers wounded. In addition to these numbers, a soldier and a constable were unfortunately shot by a military party, who were out in pursuit of certain convicts that had taken to the bush, and who unhappily mistook them for the runaways of whom they were in search. His Excellency has much pleasure in expressing his approbation of the prompt and efficacious measures adopted by Captain Fyans upon this occasion, by which the settlement has been restored to a state of perfect tranquillity. Nor can he omit noticing the activity and zeal displayed by Lieutenant FORTESCUE, and the steady discipline and good conduct of the men of the 4th Regiment under his command. The Acting Commandant also mentions in terms of approbation the exertions of Mr. Assistant Surgeon Gamack, the overseers and constables generally, and of many of the prisoners whose names have been especially reported, and the particulars of whose cases will be immediately investigated, in order that they may respectively receive such rewards as their conduct merits. By His Excellency's Command, ALEXANDER McLEAY. MILITARY Wounded by the Mutineers. John Pike and William Ferham, privates 4th or King's Own Regiment. Accidentally shot while in pursuit of Bushrangers. Thomas York, private 4th or King's Own Regiment. Thomas Consterdine, per ship Recovery, Acting Constable. CONVICTS. Killed by the Military, or since dead of wounds then received. William Collins, per ship Florentia. George Wright, Countess Harcourt. Thomas Williams, Minerva (5). Dominic McCoy, alias Boyce, Bussorah Merchant. Robert May, or Smith, Florentia. Wounded and now Convalescent. Henry Drummond, per ship Ocean (3). John Butler, John (2). James Brady, Mangles (4). Samuel Wilson, Ocean (3). Joseph Snell, Recovery. Thomas Freshwater, Manlius. Sydney Gazette, 15 Mar 1834.