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Convict name: Harkness, William.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Scotland. Glasgow Court of Justiciary Glasgow for a term of 14 years on 30 September 1852.

vessel: Adelaide [195 Public Works, 65 Ticket of Leave]

date_of_departure: 16 April 1855.

place_of_arrival: Western Australia.

source:
Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 147 (75)

title:
William Harkness, one of 260 convicts transported on the Adelaide, 16 April 1855.

publication_details:
Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project,[1948-1990]

original_version_note:
This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP).

topical_subject_heading: Convicts--Australia--Registers.

neographic_subject_heading: Australia--Genealogy.

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