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Thomas (The Younger) Wake was transported on the Thomas Arbuthnot, departing 6th Jan 1847 and arriving 4th May 1847 with 289 passengers.
Built 1841 at Aberdeen, Scotland. Wood ship of 621 Tons. Thomas Arbuthnot, 1847. “The Thomas Arbuthnot convict ship, Captain Thomson, sailed from Spithead this morning for Port Phillip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially called “exiles.” These are the first “exiles” sent to the above settlement, which the inhabitants of that respectable place are very wroth at, and have memorialised the Government on the subject. The most ingenious trades and professions are carried on, on board this ship; in fact, we believe, all trades in vogue have their representatives on board. The most ingenious affair, however, is a newspaper in manuscript, published every Saturday, having its foreign and domestic correspondence, advertisements, and, indeed, all the necessary accessories to an apparently well-conducted journal. The articles are well written and the arrangements well made. The name of this paper is the Citadel, and the conductors dub the captain of the ship ” the governor.” The Citadel having no opponents enjoys a large circulation. The editor is a man who has been of considerable note in the legitimate literary world; but all names and circumstances in connexion with their present position is strictly preserved secret with regard to these “exiles,” the greatest majority of whom are juvenile offenders from Millbank, Pentonville, and Parkhurst (Isle of Wight) prisons.”—Times, January 12. Published in the Launceston Examiner, 2 June 1847. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36252218?searchTerm=Thomas Arbuthnot There was a lot of public criticism of the arrival of these “Exiles” in New South Wales, and of their treatment, by being offered training, etc, to the detriment of honest but poor labourers.
Thomas Arbuthnot (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 145 (74) |
| 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
Born at Therfield, Hertfordshire, to Thomas Wake and Mary Atkins. On landing, he was employed as a shepherd by Major Firebrace at Geelong.
THERFIELD. Lamb Stealing. Thomas Wake, labourer of Therfield was charged with having, on the 31st of March, stolen part of a lamb from the fold of William Giffen. From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared that on the 30th of March he had 105 lambs folded on his farm at Therfield, and that on going to the fold the following morning, he discovered the two fore-quarters of a lamb, and a dead lamb lying beside it; the lamb appeared to have been cut through the middle, and the persons clothes who bad done it must have been smothered with blood. John Sharp, a shepherd in prosecutor's service, deposed to seeing the prisoner pass the fold on the morning before the robbery, he had on at the time a long dark coat and light trousers William Dimsey, police-constable, stated that he searched the house where the prisoner lived, and found a pair of light trousers besmeared with blood, which he produced, and which the prisoner acknowledged to be his. Witness also observed foot marks near Mr. Giffen's fold, which he traced in the direction of prisoner's house, and, comparing the prints with the shoes worn by the prisoner, found them exactly to correspond. There were also some rails in the way, some of which were broken down, and some of the pieces found at prisoner's house. Richard Tebboth, another policeman, who assisted in searching the house, produced the prisoner's shoes, which be described to have been to have been found with marks of blood upon them quite fresh. Witness also produced the prisoner's coat, which be found stained with blood, and particles of lamb's wool upon it, also a handkerchief, much in the same state as the coat; the correspondence of the footmarks with prisoner's shoes, spoken of by a former witness, he also confirmed. Inspector Wright, who accompanied the two policemen during the search, stated that on a table in the house where the prisoner lived he saw some pieces of fresh meat, and some blood and lamb's wool ; and in a ditch, about forty yards distant from the house, he found part of lamb's skin, which, on being fitted to the half lamb found in the fold of Mr. Giffen exactly corressponded. Norfolk, another policeman, deposed to seeing the prisoner at the Sun public-house on the night of the 30th March, and that he wore the same description of clothes as those produced, but that they were then very clean, and had no marks upon them at all. The witness Sharp, was recalled, who stated that he believed the clothes produced were the same the prisoner had on when he observed him pass the fold on the morning before the robbery. Prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to transportation for ten years. Hertford Mercury, 12 April 1845. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Exiles Index. Thomas Wake, age 19, per Thomas Arbuthnot. Date of trial, 7/4/1845, at Hertford, sentence, 10 years, Charge, Felony. Exiles.