Australind Library History
By Heather Wade, 2021. The rapidly growing population of the Australind area in the 1980s led to the need for…
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George Benbow (c.1836 -1924) (Reg. No. 7625 & 10071)
George Benbow was charged at Staffordshire on 13 October 1862 with larceny at Handsworth, a small town which is now…
Joel Whitwell: Author of ‘One Eye, One Ear, No Worries; A story of resilience.’
I was born at Harvey Hospital on 14th January 1979, the second child to Gordon and Peta Whitwell. All went…
John Warburton (5092) and John Morris (4909)
By Irma Walter, 2021. John Warburton and John Morris, along with two others, were arrested at Preston in Lancashire on…
George Dunne (1829 -?) (Reg. No. 4173)
By Irma Walter, 2021. On 7 September 1856 George Dunn(e) arrived in Western Australia onboard the Runnymede. This contingent of…
Auguste Wilhelm, Convict (1829 – 1864) (Reg. No. 6159)
By Irma Walter, 2020. Auguste Wilhelm (aka Baron von Prediger) was born on 5 April 1829 in the Duchy of…
‘A Desperate Gang of Thieves’ – Charles Kemble and Others.
By Irma Walter, 2021. When Charles Kemble’s gang of thieves and receivers was broken up in 1862/63 by a series…
William Carmichael (1827 – ?) (Reg. No. 5460)
By Irma Walter, 2021. William Carmichael was a clerk and a soldier in the 76th Foot Regiment at Fredericktown in…
Aitken family obituaries
Elizabeth Aitken – Death Notice AITKEN – on July 30 1917, at St. Omer Private Hospital, Perth, W.A., Elizabeth, dearly…
William Brown alias Hartley Bowen (c1836 – 1904?) (Reg. No. 9097)
By Irma Walter, 2021. William Brown, aged 28, was convicted at Clerkenwell on 4 January 1864 for receiving stolen goods,…