Category: Convict Histories

By Irma Walter, 2024. Richard McKew’s career of crime began at an early age. In 1848, Richard McKew, (14), and…

By Irma Walter, 2023. Eli Way was born at Northwood on the Isle of Wight, to parents William Way and…

By Irma Walter, 2024. A break-in took place at Finmere, in the far north-east of Oxfordshire on the night of…

By Irma Walter, 2023. John Rowland Jones was born on 22 April, 1841, at Llanbeblig, Caernarfonshire in Wales. His parents…

By Irma Walter, 2023. The invention of photography in the 19th century proved to be of value to police and…

By Irma Walter, 2023.  A 19th century view of Manchester.[1] The city of Manchester is remembered today as the birthplace…

By Irma Walter, 2022. The crime of garrotting reached fever pitch in England in the 1860s. Small groups of two…

By Irma Walter, 2023. Records show that Thomas Futcher was born in 1826, but it appears likely that he was…

By Irma Walter, 2023. The Lord Dalhousie arrived at Fremantle Western Australia on 28 December 1863, with 270 convicts onboard.…