----- Original Message ----- From: "Cherylanne Bailey" <sherryk@aapt.net.au> To: <AUS-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:07 PM Subject: [AUS-CON] Exile Ships Scheme from England to Port Phillip > Hi > Greetings from Newcastle > > I am a newby to this list so hello > > I have recently been informed that my 4 x G Grandfather is possibly > the George COOK alias George SMITH who was convicted at Berkshire > Quarter Sessions (Abingdon) on 29 June 1846 for a term of 7 years. > > I tried to search using Google to ascertain what Gaol he would have > ended up in without success but believe what what info follows that > he initially went to either Millbank, Parkhurst or Pentonville > Prison. I do know he at some point after conviction he became part > of the Exile Ships Scheme. Victorian Shipping records (Australia) > has revealled the arrival of a George COOK > aboard the ship "Anna Maria" in 1848 from England to Port Phillip. > Hi Cherylann While not this ship yesterday someone posted some info on another 'exiles' ship on TheShipsList, that also went to Melbourne. Thought it might be of general interest to you ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gynander@aol.com> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:23 AM Subject: [TSL] Literature in a convict-ship > > Came across the following, which may be of interest to > somebody.......... > From The Illustrated London News, January 16th, 1847 > The Thomas Arbuthnot, convict ship, Captain Thompson, sailed from > Spithead > on Sunday morning, the 10th, for Port Philip, 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, 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 connection with their present position > are strictly > preserved secret with regard to those "exiles," the great majority > of whom > are juvenile offenders from the Millbank, Pentonville and Parkhurst > prisons. > ................ > Regards, > Tony > > > > > ------------------------------- > visit TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > ------------------------------- There is a book on Exiles/ Convicts to VIC .............. Possibly be in Newcastle City Library HTH Bye MargM Beautiful Wyong Shire NSW