Scindian 1850 - Ship Tree

Date: 1850 [unknown]
Location: Western Australia
Surnames/tags: Ships Pioneers

Scindian - arrived in WA in 1850 - (from Perth DPS)

Scindian, 1850 Convict Ships

This 650 ton barque was built at Sunderland in 1844. It was employed as a convict transport and left Portsmouth, England on March 4, 1850 bound for the Swan River Colony. She carried the first of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 89 days and the Scindian arrived in Fremantle on June 1, 1850 with 200 passengers and 75 male convicts [Erickson]. James Cammell and John Gibson were the captain and surgeon respectively.

Other Passengers

Surname | Christian Name(s) | Age Rank; | Regiment & Remarks

Dickson | Thomas .. aka [DIXON]; | civil servant posted as senior convict overseer -

Dickson .... .... .... .. | wife

Dickson .... .... .... .. | two children

.... | .... .... .... .... .. | servant employed by Thomas DICKSON -

Gibson | John .. | surgeon superintendent

Henderson | E.Y.W. .. | staff officer; captain -

Henderson .... .... .... .. | wife

Henderson .... .... .... .. | child

.... .... .... .... .... .. | two servants employed by Captain HENDERSON - refer AJCP

Manning | James | 36 clerk of works on convict establishment

Manning | Jane .. | wife

Manning | James .. | child

Manning | .... .... .... .. | child

.... .... .... .... .... .. servant employed by James MANNING

.... .... .... .... .... .. corporal; Royal Engineers - refer 'AJCP' CO 18/57 reel 447, Feb 1850

.... .... .... .... .... .. private; sapper; Royal Engineers -

.... .... .... .... .... .. private; sapper; Royal Engineers -

.... .... .... .... .... .. private; sapper; Royal Engineers -

- refer 'Australian Joint Copying Project' CO 18/57 reel 447, Feb 1850 -

Sources

Claim a Convict: Scindian

Convict Records Scindian

Western Australian Convicts 1850-1868

Voyage Details | Convict Trials, & Physical Descriptions | Pensioner Guards & Families
Warders & Families | Other Passengers