Location: Australia

Surnames/tags: African_Ancestry Africa
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Convict Transportation in the British Empire, 1618–1874 |
Contents |
Introduction
This page is dedicated to Convicts with African ancestry from Mauritius and South Africa who were transported to Australia. These convicts were not transported up to England and then out to Australia but straight to Van Diemen's Land, and then some of them, from there over to New South Wales. (see routes on map above)
Some of those transported from Mauritius may also have French ancestry eg Maria Simonette Notes on their appearance were used as evidence of their African ancestry. An example is that of Edouard Rose
Head: Oval
Hair: Black, woolly
Complexion: Black
Eyebrows: Black
Forehead: High
Mouth: Small
Nose: flat
Visage: round
Whiskers: None
Chin: Thick
Height: 5 foot 2 inches
Mauritius
Name | Year and Birthplace | Ship of Transportation | Died | Colony | Traced | |
John Baptiste | 1786 Isle de France, Mauritius | Hadlow (1818) | after 1851 | VDL* | No | |
Celestin | 1814 Port Louis, Mauritius | Daphne | after 1849 | VDL* | No | |
Jean Coco | 1821 Port Louis, Mauritius | WaterWitch | after 1839 | VDL* | No | |
Elizabeth aka Elizabeth Verloppe' | 1821 Mauritius | Dart (1834) | 1874 | NSW | Yes | |
Guillaume | 1812 Mauritius | Susana | after 1851 | Cockatoo Island* | No | |
Julien | 1812 Mauritius | Patriot (1838) | after July 1852 | Bathurst, NSW* | No | |
Noel Lafortune | 1809 Mauritius | WaterWitch (1839) | 29 Nov 1875 | Parramatta, NSW | Yes | |
Louya | 1808 Port Louis, Mauritius | Eden (1836) | after 1836 | VDL* | No | |
Felix Marie | 1813 Port Louis, Mauritius | Daphne (1841) | after 1852 | VDL* | No | |
Hipolete Napolean | 1808 Mauritius | Eden (1836) | 1842 | Bathurst, NSW* | No | |
Edouard Rose | 1820 Port Louis, Mauritius | Eleanor (1841) | 18 Dec 1838 | TAS | Yes | |
Maria Martha Simonette | 1810 Mauritius | WaterWitch (1839) | 1853 | VDL | Yes | |
Sophie | 1805 Madagascar | see profile | see profile | see profile [1] | tbc | |
Valentine | 1799 Grand Port, Mauritius | Daphne (1841) | after 1848 | VDL* | No | |
Mauritius total: 14 |
Country of Origin | Percentage of Slaves | |
Mozambique/Swahili coast | 59% | |
Madagascar | 38% | |
South East Asia | 0.3% |
South Africa
Name | Year and Birthplace | Date and Place of Trial | Ship of Transportation | Died | Colony | Traced |
Adonis | 1817 Cape Colony, South Africa | before January 1837 at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | Eden | 1860 | Scone, NSW | Yes |
Hermanus Baardman | 1811 Graaff Reinet, Cape Colony | 14th October 1834 Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | Eden (1837) | after 1837 | VDL* | No |
Willem Hartzenburg | 1808 at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | 25 April 1831 at Cape of Good Hope | William Glen Anderson (1831) | 1875 | Hobart, TAS | Yes |
Haurman Jantjies | 1820 at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | 1838 at Cape of Good Hope Court Martial | Pekoe (1840) | after 1840 | NSW* | No |
Klaas Loman | 1805 Africa | 28th March 1831 at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | William Glen Anderson (1831) | after 1831 | VDL* | No |
Keyser Stoffle | 1818 Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | Graham's Town Court Marshall,Cape of Good Hope Court Martial | Pekoe (1840) | after 1840 | VDL* | No |
David Stuurman | c1733 Gamtoos River, Eastern Cape | at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | Brampton 1823 | 1830 | Sydney, NSW | Yes |
South Africa total : 7 |
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