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Harvey History Online

Formerly Harvey Districts Oral History Group

Category: Convict Histories

Prisoners Transported From WA in the 1840s & 1850s

December 24, 2024December 24, 2024Admin

By Irma Walter, 2024. Western Australia was the last of the colonies to accept convicts from Britain, with the first…

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Charles Wright (c1832 – 1905) (Reg. No. 6762)

November 20, 2024November 20, 2024Admin

By Irma Walter, 2024. Charles Wright was born c1832. His mother’s name was Mary Wright and they lived in the…

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Richard McKew (McHugh) (c1836 – 1882) (Reg. No. 8939)

July 17, 2024July 17, 2024Admin

By Irma Walter, 2024. Richard McKew’s career of crime began at an early age. In 1848, Richard McKew, (14), and…

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Eli Way (c1838-1926) (Convict Reg. No. 6178)

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024Admin

By Irma Walter, 2023. Eli Way was born at Northwood on the Isle of Wight, to parents William Way and…

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Burglary at Finmere Farm – Joseph Buswell and Others

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024Admin

By Irma Walter, 2024. A break-in took place at Finmere, in the far north-east of Oxfordshire on the night of…

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John Rowland Jones (1841-1895) (Reg. No. 9783)

January 30, 2024January 30, 2024Admin

By Irma Walter, 2023. John Rowland Jones was born on 22 April, 1841, at Llanbeblig, Caernarfonshire in Wales. His parents…

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Henry Wildman (c1837- ?) (Convict Reg. No. 7579)

January 30, 2024January 30, 2024Admin

By Irma Walter, 2023. The invention of photography in the 19th century proved to be of value to police and…

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Strange Happenings at Manchester – An unusual burglary attempt at Moss Side, 1854

November 18, 2023November 18, 2023Admin

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

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Dennis Carr (1835-1895) (Reg. No. 9112)

November 18, 2023November 18, 2023Admin

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

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Thomas Futcher (c1826- 1977) (Convict Reg. No. 1271)

September 21, 2023September 21, 2023Admin

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

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