Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

133: DURHAM, William
Born:	about 1808	Died:
Family Relationships:
Group:	Wessex (Berks, Dorset, Hunts, Wilts)
Where tried :	Wiltshire County	Native Place:	Fort George,North America,
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Crime:	Machine breaking/ demolishing	Sentence:	7 years
Prior Offences:	0	*Hulk:	1346
Order of Loading:	183	Transport:	Eliza, to Van Diemens Land

Post-transportation History

*Police Number:	D0674
Times charged:	1	Times punished:	1
Granted Ticket of Leave:	14 May 1835	Date of Pardon:	05 Feb 1836
Type of Pardon:	Free, absolute pardon
Post-sentence History:	Victoria resident
Marriages:	Van Diemens Land, 1836
Place of Death:	Victoria?
William Durham was the only known North American to be transported to Australia for his part in the Swing riots. His birthplace, Fort George, was in what is now Quebec Province of the Dominion of Canada [Jill Chambers Wiltshire Machine Breakers Vol II The Rioters (CD) Published by Jill Chambers 42 Kesteven Road, Stamford Lincolnshire PE9 1 SU].
More Information:	See also Chapter 5

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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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