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Convict name: Townsend, Arthur.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Worcestershire. Assizes Worcester for a term of 15 years on 04 March 1852. Public Works.

vessel:
Ramillies [160 convicts disembarked at Gibraltar and another 157 embarked giving a complement of 277 convicts transported from Gibraltar to Western Australia].

date_of_departure: 25 April 1854.

place_of_arrival: Western Australia.

source:
Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 88

title:
Arthur Townsend, one of 280 convicts transported on the Ramillies, 25 April 1854.

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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Bunting, Thomas.

Convicted at Norfolk. General Quarter Sessions Little Walsingham for a term of 15 years on 16 January 1852. Public Works.
Transported by Ramillies [160 convicts disembarked at Gibraltar and another 157 embarked giving a complement of 277 convicts transported from Gibraltar to Western Australia]. (25 April 1854.).

Cowan, John.

Convicted at Lancashire. Assizes Liverpool for a term of 15 years on 08 December 1849. Ticket of Leave.
Transported by Ramillies [160 convicts disembarked at Gibraltar and another 157 embarked giving a complement of 277 convicts transported from Gibraltar to Western Australia] (25 April 1854.).

Perks, John.

Convicted at Staffordshire. Assizes Stafford for a term of 7 years on 12 March 1850. Ticket of Leave.
Transported by Ramillies [160 convicts disembarked at Gibraltar and another 157 embarked giving a complement of 277 convicts transported from Gibraltar to Western Australia]. (25 April 1854.).

Powell, George.

Convicted at Devon. General Sessions Exeter for a term of 10 years on 05 September 1849. Ticket of Leave.
Transported by Ramillies [160 convicts disembarked at Gibraltar and another 157 embarked giving a complement of 277 convicts transported from Gibraltar to Western Australia] (25 April 1854.).

Purrell, Michael.

Convicted at Ireland. Waterford for a term of 7 years on 16 July 1851. Ticket of Leave. Not embarked. See 8367 No. 23
Transported by Ramillies [160 convicts disembarked at Gibraltar and another 157 embarked giving a complement of 277 convicts transported from Gibraltar to Western Australia]. (25 April 1854.).

Wilson, Emanuel.

Convicted at Staffordshire. General Quarter Sessions Stafford for a term of 14 years on 09 April 1850. Ticket of Leave.
Transported by Ramillies [160 convicts disembarked at Gibraltar and another 157 embarked giving a complement of 277 convicts transported from Gibraltar to Western Australia]. (25 April 1854.).

Wray, James.

Convicted at Lincolnshire. Assizes Lincoln for a term of 15 years on 28 February 1852. Public Works.
Transported by Ramillies [160 convicts disembarked at Gibraltar and another 157 embarked giving a complement of 277 convicts transported from Gibraltar to Western Australia] (25 April 1854.).

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