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Joseph Worland was transported on the Adelaide, departing 8th Aug 1849 and arriving 29th Nov 1849 with 304 passengers.
The 'ADELAIDE’ was built 1832 in Calcutta. Wood ship of 640 Tons. 1849 voyage: Departed London 17 Aug 1849. The convicted persons were then known as 'Exiles' because they had served part of their sentence in England and providing they were of good conduct were to be given a 'Ticket of Leave' or Conditional Pardon upon arrival in Australia. The 'Adelaide' arrived at Hobart, VDL on 29 Nov 1849 and disembarked 40 men. The ship then sailed to Port Phillip, Victoria but was refused entry and so sailed on to Port Jackson, New South Wales arriving there 24 Dec 1849. 1855 voyage: departed Portland, England on 19 April 1855, arriving Fremantle, Western Australia on 18 July 1855. 260 convicts, 1 death. The ship also carried 30 Pensioner Guards and their families.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 86 1. Transportation Register HO 11/16 p.85 PRO REEL 92) NSW Archives Office - Convict Research Service 2. Principal Superintendant of Convicts: Ticket of Leave Butts HO NSW REF 4/4221 Reel 963) NSW Archives Office - Convict Research Service 3. Shipping List & Relative Index to NSW - Janet REAKES 4. Bega Valley Genealogy Society - December 1999 6. Greville's 1872 Post Office Directory |
| 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
1. Joseph WORLAND was tried at Cambridge Assizes on 19 March, 1847 for burglary at 23 years of age. He was sentenced to 7 years and transported to New South Wales per the ship "ADELAIDE', departing the Port of London on 17 August, 1849. Date of arrival: 24 December, 1849. 2. Joseph received a ticket of leave on 30 December, 1849 which allowed him to remain in the district of Broulee. On 21 November, 1850 this ticket was cancelled when Joseph was discovered to be 'illegally at large'. Several months later in February, 1851 his absence was explained and his ticket reissued. 3. Joseph's brother William, 23yrs and his wife Mary Ann (nee CANHAM), 23yrs and son William aged 10 months arrived in Australia in 1852, aboard the ship 'Kate'. William's occupation was listed as Groom, parents were Joseph & Sarah WORLAND, living at Cambridge, England. Religion Church of England. 4. He married Ann Brabner CRAWFORD on 22 Feb 1852 at Bombalo, District of Maneroo, New South Wales. Ann CRAWFORD migrated to Australia from Coupar Country, Fife Dairsey, Scotland aboard the vessell the "Bermondsey"arriving at Twofold Bay, New South Wales on 7 December 1848. Also on board was her brother David CRAWFORD (32 years) and his wife Jane (34 years) and their four children John (8 years), Janet (6 years), David (2) and infant Robert. Another brother Patrick CRAWFORD (20 years) and sister Livia CRAWFORD (34 year) were also on board. All the adults could both read and write. They had no relatives living in Australia. 5. 'Sheep & Shepherds, Sheepwashers & Shearers on Bibbenluke 1851 - 1867' book by Barbara DAWSON. Joseph WORLAND is listed as a shearer on this sheep station during the year 1853. He was also the cook. Joseph was literate. 6. Cooma - Joseph WORLAND is listed as a Labourer