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Convict name: Mears, William.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 7 years on 26 October 1846. From Gibraltar.

vessel: Cornwall

date_of_departure: 28 February 1851.

place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land.

source:
Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 33 (19)

title:
William Mears, one of 300 convicts transported on the Cornwall, 28 February 1851.

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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Pritchard, Richard.

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