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The vessel
Hashemy
was
sent to New South Wales in 1849 after the N.S.W.
Legislative Council agreed to the re-introduction
of transportation in a modified form.
After a delay because of cholera, the
Hashemy departed Portsmouth in
February 1849 and
arrived on 9 June 1849 with 212 male exiles under
Master John Ross and
Surgeon Superintendent
Colin Arrott Browning.
A diary was kept by
a religious instructor on board, supposed to be
Mr. Henderson. The manuscript is held in the
National Library
On arrival in Sydney the ship met
with a hostile reception from anti-transportationists.
Select
here to find
out more about the anti transportation meeting
near Circular Quay on 11 June.
Find out more about the Hashemy and Parkhurst Boys at
Convicts to Australia
Find out what happened to some of the men of the
Hashemy who were sent to Newcastle and the Hunter
Valley
House of Commons papers,
Volume 26
By
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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