Swing Rioters Beneath the Southern Cross

Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

440: VIVASH, Robert
Born: about 1808Died: 1865
Family Relationships:
Group:Wessex (Berks, Dorset, Hunts, Wilts)
Where tried : Wiltshire CountyNative Place: Mildenhall, Wiltshire
Occupation: Brickmaker
Crime: Rioting/ Riotous assemblySentence: 7 years
Prior Offences: 0*Hulk: 1325
Order of Loading: 163Transport: Eliza, to Van Diemens Land

Post-transportation History

*Police Number: V0061
Times charged: 2Times punished: 0
Granted Ticket of Leave: 31 Dec 1835Date of Pardon: 05 Feb 1836
Type of Pardon: Free, absolute pardon
Post-sentence History: Victoria resident
Marriages: Victoria, 1846
Place of Death: Victoria

Notes:

*Hulk Numbers
Four figure numbers refer to the York Hulk, others, the Leviathan.  No number means either unknown or not held in a hulk
*Police Number
This is shown when known.  In Van Diemens Land the initial letter was the first letter of the convicts surname.

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