Lady Castlereagh, Convict Voyage to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land 1817-18

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Voyage of the Convict Transport Lady Castlereagh to New South Wales and then on to Van Diemen's Land in 1818

built: 1803

type:

size: 842 tons

master: Captain George Weltden

surgeon superintendent: James Craigie

sailed: departed Portsmouth on 22nd December 1817

convicts embarked: 300 male prisoners

arrived: Port Jackson on the 26th of April, 1818

convicts disembarked: 39 male convicts

arrived: Hobart Town 11 June 1818

convicts disembarked: 261 male convicts

passengers: included Rev. Walter Lawrey of the Wesleyan Missionary Society and traveller W.B. Cramp.

military guard: a detachment of 34th, 46th and 48th regiments under orders of Lieut. Brotheridge of the 48th and Ensign Lax of 34th.

PASSENGER LISTS

• Convicts and passengers of the Lady Castlereagh identified in the Hunter Valley from the FREE SETTLER or FELON website at: https://www.jenwilletts.com/searchaction.php?page=1&ship=lady%20castlereagh%201818&firstname= (incomplete)

• Details for the ship Lady Castlereagh (1818) from the Claim a Convict website at: http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/shipDetails.php?shipId=151

• Lady Castlereagh voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1817 with 303 passengers from the Convict Records database at: https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/lady-castlereagh/1817

• search for Lady Castlereagh, 1817-1818 from the Founders and Survivors MUGSHEETS website at: http://www.founders-storylines.com/mugsheets/search (incomplete)

• Convicts on the transport ship Lady Castlereagh – 1818 from the Convict Stockade website at: http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/Lady+Castlereagh+1818

FURTHER READING

• Lady Castlereagh (1803 EIC ship) from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Castlereagh_(1803_EIC_ship)

• Convict Ship Lady Castlereagh 1818 from the FREE SETTLER or FELON website at: https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_lady_castlereagh.htm

• Ship News. from The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) of Saturday 2 May 1818, Page 3. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2177924?

• Ship News. from The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) of Saturday 6 June 1818, Page 3. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2177977?

• HOBART TOWN. from The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter (Tas. : 1816 - 1821) of Saturday 13 June 1818, Page 1. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/654667?

• Ship News. from The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) of Saturday 4 July 1818, Page 3. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2178034?