Thanks for the replies. I now have John going from Hyde Park Barracks to Cook's River to Lake Innes (Port Macquarie) to Moparrabah to Kempsey. Not sure of date when he went to Port Macquarie yet. regards Derek > Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:14:32 +1000 > From: Lesley Uebel <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PJ] Convicts Cook's River > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Derek > > The short answer is to asist with the building of another barracks as > the one at Hyde Park was full and the building of a dam across Cook's > River. > > Regards > Lesley Uebel > > http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html > CLAIM A CONVICT > > > email: [email protected] > > On 3/07/2011 8:41 PM, Derek BURR wrote: >> Hi >> My Convict John Lawrence arrived on the Barossa on 8/12/1839. >> >> On Trove I found that the Barossa convicts were removed from Hyde >> Barracks >> to Cook's River on 16/12/1839 under the superintendent of works Mr Jones >> previously Assistant Chief Constable of Sydney. >> >> There were 334 male convicts on the Barossa. Was it normal for that many >> convicts to be on a work gang? >> >> Can anyone give me any information on Cook's River? >> >> thanks >> >> Derek >> > Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 07:42:28 +1000 > From: Raymond Chilton <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PJ] Convicts Cook's River > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Select Surname <javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1','Sort$Surname')> > Firstname > <javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1','Sort$Firstname')>Alias<javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1','Sort$Alias')> > Vessel > <javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1','Sort$Vessel')>Year<javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1','Sort$Year')> > No > <javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1','Sort$No')>Date<javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1','Sort$Date')> > RecordType > <javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1','Sort$RecordType')>Citation<javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1','Sort$Citation')> > Remarks <javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1','Sort$Remarks')>LAWRENCEJohn > Barossa183946/598 Ticket of Leave[4/4207; Reel 959]District: Port > Macquarie; > Tried: Glouc City QS >>From Convict Records NSW > *Convicts & Deserters* > 858 Lawrence John Barossa tol canceled absent from district; Port > Macquarie;22 Nov 1850 p 1802 > > Read more: > http://www.terrycallaghan.net/RootFolder4/convicts_deserters_names.html#ixzz1R54Qm8xE > > Read more: > http://www.terrycallaghan.net/RootFolder4/convicts_deserters_names.html#ixzz1R54Qm8xE > Hope this helps > Cheers Ray