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Robert Whitehead was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 2nd Apr 1838 and arriving 8th Aug 1838 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 234 |
| 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
NEWCASTLE. Escape of Six Prisoners from Newcastle, and Capture of the Cutter Brothers. On Monday morning before break-of-day, six prisoners belonging to the gang at Nobby's Island, escaped from the General Hospital and seized the cutter Brothers, the property of Mr. Smith, from the Ballast Wharf, and escaped to sea, taking the crew with them. The wind blowing fresh from the N.W. enabled them to make considerably to the Eastward by daylight, at which time the vessel was so far off as to be scarcely visible. TUESDAY MORNING No tidings have as yet been heard of the men who escaped yesterday morning. (The Australian 24 Apr 1844 p. 3.) The undermentioned prisoners have absconded from the Convict Newcastle, in irons, seized the Cutter “Brothers,” lying in the Harbour at Newcastle on the 21st April, 1844. Edward [Edwards] James, Royal Admiral (2), 43, Worcester, brass founder … Elgar Henry, Waterloo (3), 31, Kent, seaman and farm labourer, … Hughes Henry, Exmouth, 27, London, errand boy, … Ringwood Samuel, Henry Porcher to V. D Land, and Moffatt to Sydney, 24, Norwich, groom … Wilson Buchanan, Marquis Huntley (3). 32, Glasgow, weaver and farm boy … Whitehead Robert, Lord Lynedoch (3), 27, Bath, plasterer and slater … (NSW Government Gazette 26 Apr 1844, (No. 40), p. 623) [They were tracked down and recaptured about two weeks later after they had raided Bundobah cattle station near Carrington. All six were sentenced to life at Norfolk Island. – Chris Ison]