"The Pensioner Guards were English military personnel who served on convict transportation ships en route to the Swan River Colony between 1850 and 1868, and were given employment and grants of land on arrival.[2][3] Their initial employment lasted for six months, or the duration of the voyage, whichever was the longer time. After this they became "pensioners" and had to serve 12 days per year as well as whenever called upon.[4] They paraded annually in Perth at the Pensioner Barracks. Part of their purpose was to fulfil a promise by the British government to send free settlers to the colony to dilute the convicts, and to maintain law and order in the colony.[5]"
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Gate remnant of the pensioner barracks building
Geelong Advertiser and Squatters' Advocate (Vic. : 1845 - 1847), Wednesday 19 August 1846, page 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94443083
Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thursday 20 December 1849, page 4 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4770187
Inquirer (Perth, WA : 1840 - 1855), Wednesday 20 March 1850, page 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65740046
Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Wednesday 6 November 1850, page 10 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36267411
Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wednesday 20 August 1851, page 4 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4779894
Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857), Friday 2 April 1852, page 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8771146
Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909), Saturday 30 July 1898, page 13 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228456634
Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 13 January 1923, page 47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140736706
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LIST OF SHIPS NAMED
19 August 1846 The Flying Dutchman, The Maitland, The Canton,
14 Nov 1949 Lord Auckland, Eden, Sisters, Blenheim, Royal Saxon,
Perseverance, Cadet, Halycon, Maria, Fair Tasmania, Hyderabad, Stately, Australasia, Lady Denison, Emma, Esperanza, Johannes Sarkies
6 Nov 1850 Flying Fish, Eliza, Neptune, Miranda, Punch, Maria Somes, Nile, Deslandez, Amicus, (with females) St.Vincent, Earl Grey, Punch, Baretto Junior, Duke of Cornwall, …..
Swan, City of Sydney, .. Stirlingshire, Cacique, Sydney Griffiths, Potentate, Undine, Thomas and Joseph, Rory O’More, Cape Horn, Sir John Byng, Sophia, Hirondelle, Margaret and Agnes, Ann Jane, Tamar, Sir William Wallace, Amicus, Pilot, Moodie, Jenny Lind, Hargraves, Ogilvie, Agenoria, Lang, Henry Edward, Maybe, Frances, Marr, Albert Packet, Abson, Rebecca, Simpson, Bentley, Free Trades, Adams
2 April 1852 Mary and Ann, Tom Tough, Conside, Ferdinand, the Mohawk, Alverton, Buckland, Druid, Rio Packet, Mohawk, Emma Prescott, Shamrock, Swan, Raven, Corsair..
LINKS TO FURTHER READING
Pensioner Guard Memorial - Monument Australia
https://monumentaustralia.org.au › colonial › display › 60...
Enrolled Pensioner Guards and Warders
Enrolled Pensioner Force WA – Recognising and researching ...https://enrolledpensionerforcewa.org.au
Click on the image and you can see the name etc. enrolled pensioner force
Archival Records Pensioner Guards
You may find further details in one of my favourite sites.. Convict Records
