CONVICT STORIES Trove Tuesday 12th Jul 2022

 

British convict cooks in broad arrow uniforms

standing at attention waiting for the governor.

Courtesy of https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Broad_arrow

You may have read many posts that included lists of tickets of leave, absconded convicts, pardons and shipping lists among others. However, there are numerous stories about convicts and the lives they led. 

These are just a few...

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Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954), Monday 30 April 1906, page 6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89627153

Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sunday 8 November 1953, page 23. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202682338

More information

Limeburners Bay - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Limeburners_Bay

HMS Buffalo

"The Buffalo was at anchor in Mercury Bay on July 29, 1840 when an enormous gale blew up, some reported it as hurricane force, and the ship was wrecked."

more information
https://www.thebuffalo.com.au/hms-buffalo-original/

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Thursday 24 August 1933, page 16 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90889238

You can see and read more about the Hobart Ordinance stores on Geoff Richies' blog at

http://ontheconvicttrail.blogspot.com/2014/03/hobart-ordnance-store.html

You can also read more about Hobart's history at

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart

Maritime Museum of TasmaniaThe Journey - by Sailing Ship | Maritime Museum of Tasmania

This is just one of the convict articles I have written over the years

Strange Convict Stories

You can find more by using the search bar at the end of the page.