William Graham (c1830-1891) (Reg. No. 5244)
By Irma Walter, 2021. 1861 Letter from a Penrith Man, a convict in Australia. The following letter has been received…
Formerly Harvey Districts Oral History Group
By Irma Walter, 2021. 1861 Letter from a Penrith Man, a convict in Australia. The following letter has been received…
Joseph Gray was born in Durham, Stockton in 1823, to parents Thomas Gray and Ann Daniel. He married Elizabeth Sarah…
By Irma Walter, 2022. John Sylvester’s criminal career in the industrial town of Sheffield in England began at an early…
By Irma Walter, 2021. Executions were carried out in the prisoners’ yard at the Perth Gaol up until the late…
By Irma Walter, 2021. Martin Griffin has a rather dubious claim to fame. He received two terms of transportation to…
By Irma Walter and Rodney Dilley, 2021. John Simpson was born c1832 in Staffordshire to Enoch Simpson and his wife…
By Irma Walter, 2021. Cornelius Morley Bradnum (frequently called Bradnam, or Bradman) was born on 23 March 1827 to parents…
In March 1861 five men faced trial at the Liverpool Spring Assizes, charged with breaking and entering a farmhouse in…
The story of James Punt Borritt (alias George Parker, Thomas Parker, James Gazon, ‘Jemmy Punt’, John Jones), a seasoned and…
By Irma Walter, 2021. [Note: Convicted as ‘Pryor’, but often recorded as Prior.] The Lord Dalhousie left Portland on 19…