Category: – Convict Histories

By Irma Walter, 2023.  A 19th century view of Manchester.[1] The city of Manchester is remembered today as the birthplace…

By Irma Walter, 2022. The crime of garrotting reached fever pitch in England in the 1860s. Small groups of two…

By Irma Walter, 2023. Records show that Thomas Futcher was born in 1826, but it appears likely that he was…

By Irma Walter, 2023. The Lord Dalhousie arrived at Fremantle Western Australia on 28 December 1863, with 270 convicts onboard.…

By Irma Walter, 2021 & 2023 George Reeve was born at Winfarthing, Norfolk, in 1826, to parents John Reeve, farm…

By Irma Walter, 2022. Patrick Slattery was born in 1829 at Currow, in County Kerry, Ireland.[1] He was baptised on…

George Bliss was one of a large group of convicts sent to Western Australia convicted of setting fire to hay…

By Irma Walter, 2023. Charles Lyon was born to parents William and Mary Lyon and was christened on 20 October…

James Cuthbert was tried for the crimes of incest and assault in the Dundee Circuit Court of Scotland in April…

By Irma Walter, 2022. Ernest Vantell (alias Vintell, Vandill, Ventall, Vautell) is one of the more intriguing characters among the…