Tuesday 26 November 2019

CONVICTS - TASMANIA - Trials, Deaths, 1821,1824 ..TROVE TUESDAY 26 Nov. 2019









Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821 - 1825), Saturday 16 June 1821 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1089464
NOTE.. in some words, 'f' is used in lieu of 's'

SOME NAMES INCLUDED.. 

* Faro, Cole, Harvey, Keaton..
* Wilkes, Eastwood, Creswell, Woodward, Appleby, Kempster,         Obrey, Randall, Emery, Woodbury, Drummond, Lord, Ellis, 
* Brammer, Connolly, Guest, Cobb, Randell,  Howe 






  'Hobart Town chain gang'. Charles Bruce c.1831 TAHO 




SOME NAMES INCLUDED.. 
* Pillinger, Pearce, Cox, Cuthbertson, Knopwood
* Smith, Logan, Pearce
* Evans, Brown, Major, Ross
* Clarke, Pearson
* Maycock, Talbot, Kermode, Hood, Brown, Major, Green, Miller
* Clarke, Stanfield, Clark, Cautley, Lowe, Margetts, Frazier, Curr, 
   Popkins, Lowe
* Thompson, Walker, Tierney, Connolly, Lacy, Saxton, Brodie,  
   Osborne, Gunn, Mason,
* Osborne, Brodie, Mason, Laughton, Underwood, Pitt, Bethune



  Alfred Winter, 'Port Arthur', 1888 (ALMFA, SLT)                            


Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821 - 1825), Friday 25 June 1824, page 2  National Library of Australia  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1090236
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Horrific crimes and punishments..




Courtesy of Pixabay



A convict ploughing team breaking up new ground - Port Arthur. Public Domain

Thanks to ABC news.

Tasmanian Convict + prison photos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tasmanianarchiveandheritageoffice/sets/72157633583623801/

Alexander Smith  8784111201_1e60c8b8c4_c

Samuel Symes 8794685986_3f23ac8561_c



Further Reading:  

Convict History Matters in Australia. But what else?  New York Times

Maritime Museum Tasmania
http://www.maritimetas.org/collection-displays/displays/over-seas-stories-tasmanian-migrants/convict-colony

Convict Life Tasmania
https://libraries.tas.gov.au/family-history/Pages/Convict-life.aspx


Tasmanian Convicts and their records  Sue Wyatt
https://suewyatt.edublogs.org/2014/12/09/tasmanian-convicts-and-their-records/

VDL Founders and Survivors Convicts 1802-1853
https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/VDL_Founders_and_Survivors_Convicts_1802-1853



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