Evelyn was educated at the Sandhurst Military College, and in 1836, at the young age of twenty, he migrated to New South Wales, travelling on the Hooghly, a ship of 466 tons which had previously been used as a convict transport vessel and was under the command of George Bayly at that time.
Evelyn was educated at Sandhurst Military College and in 1836, at the age of twenty, he relocated to New South Wales. The Hooghly, a ship of 466 tons that had previously been used for transporting convicts under George Bayly's command, transported him.