John Parsons (c1833 – ?) (Reg. No. 4390)
By Irma Walter, 2022. A copy of a petition was widely circulated in British newspapers in July 1868, pleading the…
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Mornington District Hospital 1909 – 1953
Mornington District Hospital was opened in July 1909. Although Millars had opened hospitals in the early days of their Denmark…
Transported Twice – Joseph Rossiter (alias ‘George Seaman, George Henry Rossiter’) (1839 – 1896) (Reg. Nos. 4867 and 8978)
Joseph Rossiter was one of the more unusual characters transported to Western Australia during the convict era. He was the…
Henry Longman (1824 – 1914) (Reg. No. 1189)
Henry Longman was baptised on 8 April 1824 at Rimpton in Somerset, to parents George Longman and his wife Jane.[1]…
Doctors at Yarloop
By Heather Wade, 2022. In 1898, an eight-bed hospital ward with a kitchen, laundry and ablution block was built by…
A Conviction of Sacrilege
By Irma Walter, 2021. William Messenger (c1840 – 1861) (Reg. No. 5136) On 22 July 1854 William Messenger, just 14…
George Peters (1834 – ?) (Reg. No. 6414)
On 7 November 1859 at Portobello beach in Edinburgh, George Peters, aged 28, in company with John M’Lachan and James…
Conspiracy to Murder Governor Gardner of Bristol Gaol, 1856.
CONSPIRACY TO MURDER THE GOVERNOR of the BRISTOL GAOL. – Some sensation has been created during these assizes by the…
The Rigg Family of Wokalup, Western Australia
By Andrew Rigg, 2022. The Rigg name is well-known in the Shire of Harvey with an association beginning when Herbert…
Joseph Cant (Reg. No. 3249) and John Henry Eason (3900 & 10037)
By Irma Walter, 2021. Joseph Gant [sic, Cant] and John Henry Eason were criminal associates in Lincolnshire. When arrested in…