ABSCONDED CONVICTS ..1847... TROVE TUESDAY 25th AUG 2020

      Lost a convict or wondered if there were any in your family?

These lists have an amazing amount of detail... they include name, 

name of the ship they arrived on, age, home town/city, occupation,

height, complexion, hair colour, eye colour, tattoos if any, where 

escaped from and when.. sometimes more, sometimes less.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 6 August 1847 (No.67)

National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230421977

UNCLAIMED LETTERS Nov.1848 ISSUE 5 18TH Aug. 2020

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 10 November 1848 (No.128). National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230150676

All Images courtesy of clipart-library.com

CONVICT ODDITIES Trove Tuesday 11th Aug 2020

Convicts building road over the Blue Mountains, 1833. Courtesy National Library of Australia

CONVICT JOHN TAWELL

Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), Saturday 12 July 1845.  
National Library of Australia  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37158646

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John_Tawell

                                     John-Tawell-on-trial-sketched-by-a-court-artist.jpg

PENSIONERS IN CONVICT SHIPS

Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), Saturday 12 January 1850   

National Library of Australia  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3709243

Hackett's_Pensioner_Cottage

Pensioner Barracks & Parade    1860's W.A. Museum

THE CONVICT PRIESTS OF AUSTRALIA

W.A. Record (Perth, WA : 1888 - 1922), Saturday 10 January 1920. National Library of Australia.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212362858

FATHER JAMES DIXON

JOHN JOSEPH THERRY (1790-1864) ‘MEDDLING PRIEST’

FURTHER READING:

CONVICT JOHN TAWELL

*  John Tawell - Convict Recordsconvictrecords.com.au › convicts › tawell › john

*  John Tawell - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_Tawell

Image.. Portrait of John Tawell at his trial

unknown - The Sunday Times (London, England), Sunday, March 30, 1845, page 2, issue 1170.

*  Convict Broadside: Lamentation of James Tawellwww.antipodean.com › pages › books › convict-broads...

*  Convict Broadside: Lamentation of James Tawell

PENSIONER GUARDS

Pensioner Guards - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pensioner_Guards

Military Pensionerswww.utas.edu.au › companion_to_tasmanian_history

Pensioner Guards - organisationsfremantlestuff.info › organisations › pensioners

Image    Hackett's Pensioner Cottage, Stirling Terrace Toodyay

Kimba SOT - Own work      CC BY-SA 3.0

Pensioner Guard Cottage Museum - Perth

CONVICT PRIESTS

*  Rev. James Harold (1744-1831) The Saggart Deportee

*  Harold, James (1744-1830)

*  James Harold - Convict Recordsconvictrecords.com.au › convicts › harold › james

*  Rev. James Harold, the Botany Bay Irish Convict Priest ... - jstorwww.jstor.org › stable

*  Convict Priest Father James Dixon

Public Domain
• File:Minerva (1805 EIC ship) - Indiamen Minerva

With thanks to Jen Willett

https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_minerva_1819.htm

Download and enlarge to read full names and details from Counties..

Armagh, Carlow, Clare