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William Worker was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 423 (214) |
| 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
The following convicts were sent off from Aylesbury gaol, on Monday , to be conveyed on board the Leviathan hulk, Portsmouth, for Life. —John Herridge, for horse-stealing; Geo. Fook and Henry Higgins, for house-breaking; and Wm. Worker, for sheep-stealing. For Fourteen Years.—Thos. Mortimer and William Turvey, for stealing a donkey. For Seven Years. —Wm. Paine, for stealing from the person, Thomas Cooper, for stealing butter; Matthew Goodson, for house-breaking; Wm. Hephard, for stealing potatoes, Edward Cox, for stealing a beech tree. Bucks Gazette, 1 May 1830. Leviathan Hulk Records. HO-9-8_6 page 11/54. Received from Aylesbury 26 April 1830. Wm Worker, age 16, Stealing a ewe, Tried 1 March 1830, Aylesbury, Life, To NSW 26 June 1830, R. Admiral.
Under the name of William Walker. ** 1836 - New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, No; 908. Name; William Walker. Age; 23 [1813] Year of arrival; 1830; Royal Admiral Height; 5 ft. 8 in. Complexions; Sallow, Black Hair and Black Eyes. Small scar over left eye. Date; 8 Jun 1836. Birthplace Buckingham Shire. Protestant. Trade; Labourer. EXECUTED; 10 Aug 1836. 1836 -The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Thu 11 Aug 1836. Page 4. SUPREME COURT. SUPREME COURT. SATURDAY, AUGUST 6. Before Mr. Justice Burton and a Civil Jury- William Walker stood indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Woods, by shooting him with a pistol, on the 22d May last, in the district of Cassilis and John Gore stood likewise indicted for aiding and abetting in the commission of the said murder................ Full Story; https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2205939?searchTerm=William Walker The Sydney Monitor Sat 13 Aug 1836. Page 2. SATURDAY, AUGUST 6TH. Before Mr. Justice a Civil Jury. WILLIAM WALKER, assigned servant 'to Mr. R. Fitzgerald, and employed at his sheep station at Cassilis, stood indicted for the wilful-murder of Thomas Woods, by shooting him with a loaded pistol on the 21st May last; and John Gore, an assigned servant to Major Druitt, also employed at that gentleman's sheep station at the. same place, stood indicted .as an accessory, both before and after the fact. '.....................
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Ship; Royal Admiral. 193 Male English Convicts. Arrived Sydney Cove; 9 November 1830 Indent No; 9 Name; William Worker Age; 17 years Read & write, Protestant, Single Native Place; Bucks Trade or calling; Ploughman, Milks, Reaps Offence; Sheep Stealing Trial; Aylesbury - 7 March 1830 - Life Height; 5 ft. 7 in. Dark Brown Hair, Brown Eyes. Small diagonal scar Right side of forehead Assigned; Richard Fitzgerald Bathurst, Windsor Remarks; Convicted of Murder & EXECUTED at Sydney 10 Aug 1836.