Albeura

Albeura was a convict ship that transported eleven convicts from Calcutta, India to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1858. It arrived in Fremantle on 28 October 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.

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

Simon Taylor | Shepherd | Halifax | Cumberland | Orient | Ameer | Mary | Scindian | Hashemy | Mermaid | Pyrenees | Minden | Marion | William Jardine | Dudbrook | Pyrenees | Robert Small | Phoebe Dunbar | General Godwin | Sea Park | Ramillies | Guide | Stag | Adelaide | William Hammond | Runnymede | Clara | City of Palaces | Nile | Caduceus | Lord Raglan | Albeura | Edwin Fox | Sultana | Frances | Palmerston | Lincelles | Norwood | York | Merchantman | Clyde | Lord Dalhousie | Clara | Merchantman | Racehorse | Vimeira | Belgravia | Corona | Norwood | Hougoumont

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