Researchers who have claimed this convict
There are currently 3 researchers who have claimed George Morley
- Researcher (Noel Morley)
- Researcher (Annette Russell)
- Researcher (Matthew Rutkin)
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Biographies
George Morley was an
English convict transported to
New South Wales for 7 years at age 20.
George was 18 when he and 2 friends broke into a silk factory. They stole a purse and coins worth £5. They were sentenced to transportation for 7 years, but officially transportation to NSW had ended. After 17 months in gaol in England George was sent to NSW as an ‘exile’ on the ship Randolph.
The ship tried landing in Port Phillip (in what is not Victoria) but the locals objected to having convicts dumped there. So the ship continued on to Port Jackson. On landing in Sydney Town many of the exiles were on-forwarded to Moreton Bay in what is now Queensland. He was issued a Ticket of Leave soon after and assigned to work in the Moreton Bay district and later the Burnett district at Gayndah.
George Morley had his Ticket of Leave cancelled for having tea in his possession which he couldn't account for. He was sent to Darlinghurst Gaol in Sydney.
After completing his sentence George married Ann Riley in Parramatta and they later settled in Pitt Town, raising 6 children.
George Morley died in the Rookwood Asylum at Lidcome on 25 September 1916 at age 87.
Submitted by Researcher (Matthew Rutkin) on 23 October 2024
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There are currently no research notes attached to this convict. Sources
- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/16, p.26
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