Thomas Stubbs (c1829 – ?) (Reg. No. 21 & 5372)
By Irma Walter, 2021. Thomas Stubbs was one of those convicts who was transported to Western Australia on two different…
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Thomas Ellerton (c1828 – 1899) (Reg. Nos. 277 & 1438)
By Irma Walter, 2021. On 21 July 1849, Thomas Ellerton (20), Joseph Brindley (21), Richard Sylvester (21) and Daniel Vickers…
Harvey – past and present with a wonderful future by RJ Wright.
[Introduction, photos and captions added 2021.] Introduction. Robert James Wright, the writer of this article which was published in 1928…
The Great Manchester Stamp Robbery
By Irma Walter, 2021. On 26 May 1866 a brazen gang of thieves broke into the Manchester Stamp Office warehouse…
Two Absconders Caught at Australind – William Knight & George Bird
By Irma Walter, 2021. William Knight (c1832 – 1865) (Reg. No. 1265) On 11 October 1850 William Knight, single, a…
WA Centenary in 1929
It won’t be long before preparations will begin for celebrating the Bicentenary of white settlement in Western Australia. With proposals…
Richard Price (c1828 -1869?) (Reg. No. 3969)
By Irma Walter, 2021. On 10 August 1853 Richard Price was convicted at the Liverpool Assizes of receiving stolen goods…
Thomas Davidson (1830 -1868) (Reg. No. 6275)
By Irma Walter, 2020. Thomas Davidson, born c1830, was convicted of larceny on 3 January 1861 at the Sleaford Kesteven…
John Nutt (c1836 – ?) (Reg. No. 4980)
By Irma Walter, 2020. John Nutt had a tough upbringing. The 1841 census shows him at the age of six,…
John Costello (c1828 – 1892) (Reg. No. 4527)
By Irma Walter, 2020. A Terrible Crime Irish soldier John Costello was a jealous husband, who in 1854 killed his…