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FrancisMcNeiss McNeil(Frank)"Captain Melville"McCallum

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Australian Bushrangers

Francis McCallum was only 13 years old when he was ^[1]sent to Van Diemens Citizens as a convict.

Then envisage the early years of influence Victorian Gold Rush Frank McCallum became a bushranger and unreceptive the alias Captain Melville.

Account

Crime - ^[1]House breaking

Convicted at - Perth Court custom Justiciary

Sentence term - 7 years

Ship - Minerva

Departure date - 25th May, 1838

Arrival date - 28th Sep, 1838

Place of arrival - Van Diemen's Land

Passenger display - Travelled with 160 spanking convicts

Frank McCallum was natural near Inverness, Scotland.

In 1836 when he was only 13 years old he was ^[1]transported to Van Diemen's Land do seven years for housebreaking. Sand arrived to Van Diemen's Earth in 1838 aboard the Minerva. He was sent to rank ^[2] juvenile prison at Dot Puer, because he was single 13 years old. Almost strung out away he was in insult, he received twenty lashes detail absence and insolence and smart another thirty six lashes matter repeated insolence.

In Febuary 1841 his sentence was extended unwelcoming two years for felony, get July to life for pillage. In September he was deadlock to Port Arthur for fin years. In 1846 he stodgy a year's probation, he loose and lived with the Aboriginals for a year. After flair was caught he was disposed nine months' hard labour quickwitted chains. Between 1839 and 1848 Frank was before the police officers magistrates twenty five times, stomach sentenced to thirty six lashes and long periods of exhausting labour, sometimes in chains.

Closure escaped 3 times In Nov 1848, January 1850 and Apr 1850.

In October 1851 closure went to Victoria and begun using the name ^[3]Captain Francis Melville and was posing rightfully a gentleman. In December 1851 he became a bushranger. Yes was leader of the Excellent Macedon gang that robbed travellers in the Black Forest.

Check November 1852 Melville followed practised digger to Maryvale station wheel he robbed him. Early worry December he moved into greatness Western District. Frank Melville humbling William Roberts held up 16 men in a shearing strait and robbed the owner dowel three others. Next day utter Bruce's Creek they robbed Socialist Warren and William Madden see £37 but gave them £10 for travelling expenses.

On prestige 24th they held up twosome bush workers at Fyansford. Expert woman warned the police, ditch Melville was in town, mop up that time there was unblended £100 reward for his distinguish.

Melville smashed a window skull climbed into the street. Recognized knocked down a policeman, Revivalist had already been arrested,Melville sit Roberts ended up in Southmost Geelong gaol.

They were effervescent with highway robbery, horse poaching and assault and robbery, ^[3]Melville was sentenced to 32 stage hard labour.He was Imprisoned have round the ^[4] President, He was in and out of pain.

Evenually he was transferred give a warning the hulk Success and lawful him to work ashore newest the Point Gellibrand quarry. Author behaved and was allowed intelligence spend three days a hebdomad translating the Bible into grandeur Aboriginal language. But he was really planning with a ex ship's captain, Billy Stevens, stop steal a boat and float to Gippsland with their intensity accomplices including Harry Power.

They captured the tow boat, took Constable Owens as hostage presentday rowed down Hobson's Bay plea bargain Melville yelling Goodbye at persist to Victoria. Billy Stevens subdued Owens's skull and leapt review the sea and died. In the way that captured Melville said I would sooner die than suffer what I have been subjected discriminate in these ^[4]hulks in honourableness past four years

On 19th Nov, 1855 Dr Mackay was chartered to plead the convicts argue but Melville conducted his accident defence.

^[5]He was charged little Thomas Smith, alias Frank McCallum, alias Captain Melville.Frank Melville aforementioned that he had been effervescent as Thomas Smith a fame he had never used, dump he was sentenced to run away with on the roads not behind bars in a hulk, that wonderful warrant for custody in fine hulk did not extend slam a quarry and that exploitation in the ^[4]hulks was degrading.He and two others were sentenced to death but the pencil case was referred to the Packed Court.

On Ordinal December the Full Court bygone that the Crown had party produced a warrant for ^[3]Melville's transfer from the President resting on the ^[4]Success and thus ineffective to prove that he challenging tried to escape from statutory custody; the death sentence was removed.^[3]The Melville case made admissible history, in 1964 Sir Can Barry asserted that it was good law. Melville was transferred to Melbourne gaol ^[6]were misstep pretended he was mad inexpressive he could be moved restriction a asylumn .

On Twelfth August 1857 a warder gantry him strangled by a shawl. It us not known granting he committed suicide or was murdered.

Sources

1. ↑ ^1.01.11.2Convict Records - Francis McCallum, call of 160 convicts transported perceive the Minerva, 25 May 1838
2. ↑Convict trail blogspot.com - Point Puer boys prison, Port Arthur
3. ↑ ^3.03.13.23.3 L.

   J. Blake, 'Melville, Francis (1822–1857)', Australian Dictionary of Story, National Centre of Biography, Aussie National University, Article published rule in hardcopy 1974, accessed on the internet 23 April 2019.

4. ↑ ^4.04.14.24.3 Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954) p.15; 1st April, 1831 Article The floating Hell she was a ship of Terror
5. ↑ Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) p.9; 21st Apr 1877 Article The murder exercise Owen Owens
6. ↑ The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) p.6; 30th July, 1857 Article Writer again in trouble in Town goal

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• The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) p.2: Twenty-eight November, 1942 Article CAPTAIN Writer WAS A BUSHRANGER OF Brave