Garrett Mallon
| First name | Garrett |
|---|---|
| Last name | Mallon |
| Country of Origin | Ireland |
| Date of Birth | 1778 |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | 1829 |
| Submitted by | Frank Long |
Story
Garrett Mallon was born in 1778 in Ballymahon, Co. Longford, Ireland. He was a plowman and shearer. His descendants are connected by marriage to those of Isaac Michael and Michael Long, Mary Bermingham and the Callans and Grants of Canowindra, New South Wales. The two Longs and Rev. Michael Harrington Ryan, the brother of Mary Bermingham, are also commemorated in the Immigration Bridge project.
His trial was on July 10 or 16, 1828, at Longford, Ireland for “entering house” and he was sentenced to transportation for life. At this time the Irish, who were being oppressed by the English landlords and their agents in Ireland, were resisting by attacking the houses and property of their oppressors.
His convict description is: aged 44, married with seven children, native of Longford, height 5 feet 4 _ inches (164cms), brown hair, ruddy complexion, hazel eyes, can read and write, purple mark on left cheek, no previous convictions.
He is No. 180 in the ship\’s muster of the Fergusson which arrived in Sydney from Ireland on Mar 26 1829. He was assigned to Henry O’Brien of Duoro Station, Yass. There is a document, dated January, 1837, of the Yass Bench stating that he is allowed to remain in the Yass District. His application for family reunion is dated July 20, 1837, Colonial Secretaries Office, Sydney (4/4492, R699, pp12-14) and his Conditional Pardon September 1843.
On the Fergusson manifest are also Michael McDonach, Edward McDermott and Paul Morgan from Longford; the latter two were also convicted of entering house so they may have been part of the one group.
His wife, Winifred (nee Costello), and four sons Peter, Thomas, William and John went to America when he was transported. Thomas remained in America, the others returned to Ireland and came to Australia in 1842, accompanied by their sister Ann. His son Peter took over Chidowla, near the present Burrinjuck Dam, in 1851. He sold it in 1855 and successively had land near the Murrumbidgee River at Jugiong, Geranjula near Jugiong and Cowong Creek at Brawlin, near Cootamundra.
He died on July 5, 1848 and is buried at Jugiong, NSW.