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Voyage
Transportation
George Thompson was transported on the Portland, departing 19th Nov 1831 and arriving 26th Mar 1832 with 178 passengers.
The 'Portland' ship was built at Bristol, England in 1822, 385 tons. The 'Portland' transported convicted from Britain to Australia in 1832 & 1833. The 1833 voyage came direct from Cork, Ireland therefore all of the passengers are not yet listed on this web site.
Portland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 226 |
| 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
10th Aug [1835]. GEORGE THOMPSON employed in the Agricultural Establishment at Longridge took to the bush at night. He concealed himself in a hut belonging to JOHN FELL Servant to the Superintendent of Agriculture, and when dark attacked him and attempted to murder him by striking him with a spade. JAMES LEDWICH who heard the cries of murder proceeded immediately to the spot and was instrumental in preventing the assassin from perpetrating the foul deed. 'History of Norfolk Island from the period of its Discovery in the year 1774', to-1 August 1854, by Aaron Price
Old Bailey online 1809. GEORGE THOMPSON was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of July , 1 sheet, value 2s., and 1 loaf, value 4d. , the goods of James Macintosh . CATHERINE MACINTOSH . I am the wife of James Macintosh - we live in Cartwright-street, Rosemary-lane , on the ground-floor; my husband was not in town - it is a lodging-house for single men. The prisoner came that night, and paid me 3d. for his bed, and I trusted him 1d.; I was awoke at four o'clock in the morning, by hearing the plates moved, and saw him going out at the door - he slept up stairs; I followed him, but lost him - I found him at a public-house about ten o'clock; I heard him say to the Policeman, "Don't let her give charge of me - I have left the things at the public-house, and will give them up;" they were found at the public-house. HENRY BROWN . I was on duty in Rosemary-lane. The prosecutrix gave the prisoner in charge; he was in the yard of the public-house, washing himself - I went to the Anchor and Hope, East Smithfield, with him; he took the loaf off the shelf in the tap-room, and told me he had done it to get transported - I found the sheet there; he said he had taken it there.(Shirt produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 22. - Transported for Seven Years . New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 for George Thompson Annotated Printed Indentures 1832 Single roman catholic who could not read or write, convicted of stealing a shirt. 5' 6 1/2" swarthy complexion brown hair and hazel eyes. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for George Thompson Sydney 1834-1838 17/3/1834 At Bathurst Trial manslaughter death recorded The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 17 May 1834 Page 2 SUPREME CRIMINAL COURT. . TUESDAY, MAY 13. (Before the Chief Justice, and a Jury of Military Officers. George Thompson was indicted for maliciously cutting his Overseer, at Bathurst, in March last. The prosecutor was the prisoner's overseer, and the case was clearly proved against him. Verdict, Guilty. Judgment of death recorded. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 for George Thompson 26 December 1835 at Norfolk Island Executed for attempted murder