Australian Convict Ship Project

Genealogical Research into the Crew, Convicts and other Passengers travelling on Ships to Australia during the convict era.

The Lord Dalhousie



 

Notes:
The Lord Dalhousie was a 912 Tonne ship, built in Sunderland, England in 1847





{Lord Dalhousie - arrived in WA in 1863 SOURCES

This 912 ton ship was built at Sunderland in 1847. It was employed as a convict transport for Western Australia and left Portland, England on September 25, 1863 bound for the Swan River Colony. She carried the twenty ninth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 90 days and the Lord Dalhousie arrived in Fremantle on December 28, 1863 with 89 passengers and 270 convicts [Erickson]. George Harvey and Mr. Fasken were the captain and surgeon respectively.



There were no deaths recorded on the convict shipping and description lists and 270 convict numbers were assigned for the voyage ranging from (7327 to 7596). The [Bateson] account for this voyage agreed with the convict lists and [Erickson].



Langley Southerden (7555) was the same Langley Southerden (5837) who was convicted and sent to Western Australia on the Palmerston in 1861. Apparently he escaped from Albany, Western Australia on October 6, 1861 and after his re-capture, was re-shipped on this voyage with a new convict number.



Of the 89 passengers mentioned above, 85 were pensioner guards and their families, the number being made up of 30 pensioner guards, 20 wives, 16 sons and 19 daughters. The other 4 passengers have not been accounted for but were possibly cabin passengers or regular soldiers.}


Convict Number/Ship Transported on

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Convict Number/Ship Transported on    Person ID 
1 SOUTHERDON, Langley  1863The Lord Dalhousie I335

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