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Absconding, three months hard labour in chains
Absconding 75 lashes
Insubordination with others in endeavours to occasion riot, also breaking out of confinement at night. Eighteen months hard labour in chains
Convicted of being disorderly and fighting- fourteen days solitary
Late/misconduct in making away with his jor..e (abbreviation) boots. Seven days solitary
Misconduct in having cabbages in his possession 14 days solitary
Disobedience of orders sleeping with another man. 36 lashes, to be kept separate
Disobedience of orders being in the same berth as another man at night 36 lashes
Probationary Pass Holder 12 July 1847
Disobedience of orders Four months hard labour
Recommended not to be hired out this side of Oatlands Antill Ponds/and not allowed to enter service north of Oatlands
Misconduct in being absent from his Master’s premises and refusing in a most insolent manner to account for his absence. Three months hard labour
16 Dec 1858 Certificate of Freedom was sent to the Longford Police
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Nearly 200,000 convicts were transported to Australia between 1788 and 1853., of which 70,000 went to Tasmania. It is estimated that 4 out of 5 Tasmanians have convict blood.
If you search the British Library records you can find some recordings of interviews done by Essex University as part of a research project on 'Experiences of Edwardian England.' One of the recordings consists of 9 CDs containing 10 hours of interviews with Frank Alfred Gotts, known as Alfred. He describes his life in Stepney as a child, living in Silver St, then Gold St. He talks about his grandparents being in charge of the horses for the night mail up to Ipswich and Colchester.
He's not very forthcoming about the names of his family, only referring to his son as ' the boy', and his daughter as ' the girl', and doesn't name his parents, though he lists his brothers as Mark, Joe, Fred, Ted, Sid, but doesn't name his sisters. He mentions that Ted had to go to an Industrial School in Manchester, where he stayed for seven years.
Alfred is #1666 from tree 083. The notes I made when listening to the CDs are available alongside.
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Notes of recording