Swing Rioters Beneath the Southern Cross

Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

53: BLOOMFIELD, William
Born: about 1798Died: 1875
Family Relationships:
Group:Greater East Anglia (Cambs, Hunts, Norfolk, Suffolk)
Where tried : Essex CountyNative Place: Clacton, Essex
Occupation: Farm labourer
Crime: Machine breaking/ demolishingSentence: 7 years
Prior Offences: 0*Hulk: 1588
Order of Loading: 405Transport: Proteus, to Van Diemens Land

Post-transportation History

*Police Number: B1530
Times charged: 3Times punished: 2
Granted Ticket of Leave: Date of Pardon: 05 Feb 1836
Type of Pardon: Free, absolute pardon
Post-sentence History: South Australia resident
Marriages: England, Van Diemens Land, 1838
Place of Death: South Australia

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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