List of male convicts on board the Hillsborough

MLMSS 11762

fonds

1798-1800

9669234

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)

The convict transport Hillsborough left from Gravesend in December 1798 under the command of William Hingston and arrived in Sydney on the 26th July 1799.
It was notoriously bad journey with the convicts being purportedly starved, shackled heavily during the day and double ironed below decks at night. Typhus broke out and 95 of the 300 convicts on board died, which was the worst death rate recorded on a convict transport to Sydney.
Notable convicts on board include William Noah, who wrote a journal of the voyage and George Crossley, who established a successful legal practice in Sydney.
References:
Library acquisition file
State Library of New South Wales. Curio. “A Voyage to Sydney in New South Wales in 1798 & 1799.” Accessed 6 December 2022
https://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/curio/exhibit/429/index9e72.html?from_collection=2&page=2

Received by the vendor without information regarding its pedigree

Folio manuscript listing the 299 male convicts who were transported on the Hillsborough which sailed from the United Kingdom to Australia between 1798 and 1799. Each page is divided into six columns which record the convict’s number on the list, name, age, when and where convicted, place of transportation and term. The list appears to have been amended and added to, both during and after the voyage.

Title devised by cataloguer based on contents

Written at top of first page, 'List of 299 Male Convicts sent by the Hillsborough for New South Wales & actually on board'