runaway · 1842
Two separate notices detail escaped prisoners: one group from Norfolk Island on December 1, 1840, and another from Pinchgut Island on January 22, 1841, with physical descriptions and identifying marks.
Wheeler George, John (3), 28, Worcestershire, ostler, 5 feet 6 inches, ruddy and freckled comp., dark brown hair, …
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OffenderGeorge Wheeler
OffenderJohn
OffenderWilliam Rowland Williams
OfficialThomas Ryan
OfficialChief Clerk
PlaceNorfolk Island
PlacePhillip Island
OffenderWilliam Atkinson
PlaceGuildford
PlaceLondon
OffenderJoseph Hurst
OffenderHenry Tanner
New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 3, 11 January 1842.
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This person elsewhereWheeler George 245 share this name
People in this noticeWilliam Rowland Williams · Thomas Ryan · William Atkinson · Joseph Hurst · Henry Tanner · John Lumley
Also on page 35This notice details descriptions and movements of convicts including W · Several prisoners, including George Hall, John Carroll, Thomas Dorney,
Elsewhere in this issueA list of prisoners who have absconded from the Female Factory in Parr · This notice details absconded prisoners from various locations includi · This notice lists absconded prisoners from various locations in the co · Notices detail a female prisoner, Catherine Purcell, illegally at larg · All 175 notices in this issue
The same week in the colonyNew South Wales Government Gazette 14 January 1842 · 176 notices
Similar noticesSeveral prisoners absconded from various locations including escort, N 1841 · Several prisoners escaped from various locations including Cockatoo Is 1841 · Several prisoners escaped from Norfolk Island and Pinchgut Island in D 1841 · Several prisoners escaped from Norfolk Island in a whale boat on Decem 1841
Near this placeNorfolk Island · Phillip Island · Guildford · London · Lincolnshire