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Convict name: McKnight, Alexander.

name_alias_1: Morris (Alias)

sentence_details:
Convicted at Scotland, Edinburgh High Court of Justiciary for a term of life on 24 February 1862. Warrant of remission dated 15 January 1898. B21471

vessel: Clara

date_of_departure: 28 January 1864.

place_of_arrival: Western Australia.

source:
Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/19, Page Number 26

title:
Alexander McKnight, one of 301 convicts transported on the Clara, 28 January 1864.

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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Eccles, Seth.

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Lyons, James.

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Mason, John.

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McGinnes, Matthew.

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Picken, John.

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Simpson, John Odin.

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Tarpy, David.

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Walker, James.

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Transported by Clara (19 March 1857.).

White, Charles.

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Transported by Clara (19 March 1857.).

Wood, John.

Convicted at Yorkshire General Quarter Sessions Beverley for a term of 10 years on 07 April 1863.
Transported by Merchantman (29 June 1864.).

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