runaway · 1841
This notice details multiple escaped prisoners from various locations including General Hospital Sydney, Cockatoo Island, General Hospital Newcastle, Norfolk Island, and Pinchgut Island, with descriptions and dates of escape.
42, Yorkshire, farm labourer, 5 feet 5 inches, sallow and pockpitted comp., black hair, grey eyes, nose small, …
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Recorded in this notice
OffenderGeorge Wheeler
OffenderJohn (3)
OffenderWilliam Rowland Williams
ShipFlorentia
OfficialThomas Ryan
OffenderWilliam Atkinson
OffenderJosesh Hurst
OffenderHenry Tanner
OffenderJohn Lumley
ShipMarian Watson
OffenderThomas Mullen
New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 79, 17 September 1841.
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This person elsewhereWheeler George 245 share this name
People in this noticeJohn (3) · William Rowland Williams · Thomas Ryan · William Atkinson · Josesh Hurst · Henry Tanner
Elsewhere in this issueA notice from the Principal Superintendent of Convicts lists absconded · Cook Richard · Higgins William alias Silverlock, Kate · Deakin Robert · All 114 notices in this issue
The same week in the colonyNew South Wales Government Gazette 14 September 1841 · 27 notices · New South Wales Government Gazette 14 September 1841 · 25 notices
Similar noticesPrisoners attached to the Boat's Crew at Norfolk Island escaped in a W 1841 · Lists of prisoners with physical descriptions, crimes, and sentences, 1841 · Several prisoners escaped from Norfolk Island and Pinchgut Island in D 1841 · This notice details prisoners who absconded from escort, a boat's crew 1841
Near this placeYorkshire · General Hospital, Sydney · Worcestershire · Cockatoo Island · Car- marthen