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Convict name: Ruff, John.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of 15 years on 24 March 1841.

vessel: Tortoise

date_of_departure: 28 September 1841.

place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land.

source:
Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 392

title:
John Ruff, one of 400 convicts transported on the Tortoise, 28 September 1841.

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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