A Daring Robbery Roderick O’Lochlin [O’Lachlan], (Reg. No. 8376) and Arthur Hewitt [Hewett] (Reg. No. 8286)
By Irma Walter, 2021. Two thieves, Arthur Hewitt (aliases Bennett, Groves, George Wallis or Wallace), and Roderick O’Lochlin or O’Lachlan…
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Theodore Pennington (c1837 – ?) (Reg. No. 4864)
By Irma Walter, 2021. On 15 December 1856 at the Liverpool Boro’ Sessions, Theodore Pennington, a painter, aged 20, was…
The Leighton Buzzard Burglars
By Irma Walter, 2021. This story demonstrates the difficulties involved in researching the lives of some of the professional thieves…
Neil Kelly (1818 – ?) (Reg. No.4785)
By Irma Walter, 2021. On 2 May 1856 at the Perth (Scotland) Circuit Court, Neil Kelly was charged with the…
Joseph Price (c1829 – 1933) (Reg. No. 1839)
By Irma Walter, 2021. When the 1929 Centenary was celebrated in Western Australia, newspapers went looking for the oldest residents…
Henry Moult (c1825 – ?) (Reg. No. 1910)
By Irma Walter, 2021. Henry Moult, aged 24, private in the 17th Regiment, was found guilty of larceny as a…
Banquet to Harry Teesdale Smith and Thomas Boyne, Millars’ Managers, 1902.
The timing of the first article is interesting. Harry Teesdale Smith had been the General Manager of Millars’ Karri and…
Submarines depart after brief but historic visit.
In just over a week after the declaration of the end of the Second World War, Royal Navy submariners docked…
William James Fairleigh/Fairley (1823 – 1899) (Reg. No. 3847)
By Irma Walter, 2021. No details have been found regarding William Fairleigh’s background prior to his arrest in 1853 at…
Heritage of Timber
This article, written in 1933, gives a quick history of the timber industry until that time. Companies, managers and politicians…