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Albeura was a convict ship that transported eleven convicts from Calcutta, India to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1858. It arrived in Fremantle on October 28, 1858. The eleven convicts were all soldiers and sailors who have been convicted by court-martial in India, and sentenced to transportation. There were no other passengers on board.
[edit] List of convicts on the Albeura
Name |
Date of birth |
Trial place |
Trial date |
Crime |
Sentence |
William Barr |
1818 |
Tonghoo |
1856 |
Insubordination |
14 years |
Edward Connor |
1826 |
Rangoon |
1857 |
Desertion |
14 years |
Joseph Deffin |
1830 |
Secunderabad |
1856 |
Striking a superior officer |
Life |
James Furlong |
1826 |
Thayat |
1856 |
Breach of articles of war |
14 years |
Thomas Harrison |
1827 |
Rangoon |
1857 |
Desertion |
14 years |
William Howard |
1824 |
Kamptin |
1854 |
Theft and desertion |
14 years |
Thomas Mahoney |
1825 |
Umballah |
1855 |
Attempted murder |
14 years |
James Mallon |
1824 |
Kamptin |
1854 |
Theft and desertion |
14 years |
James McGrath |
1827 |
Rangoon |
1857 |
Desertion |
14 years |
Denis McInerney |
1824 |
Rangoon |
1857 |
Desertion and stealing |
14 years |
Peter Pruntree (aka Pruntee) |
1825 |
Rangoon |
1857 |
Desertion |
14 years |
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