Tuesday 22 November 2022

PENSIONER GUARDS & CONVICT SHIPS Trove Tuesday 22nd Nov 2022

 


Wikipedia has a good summary re Pensioner Guards. Though they were mainly in Western Australia, they were also in some other states.

"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]"


You can click on the articles & images to enlarge or go to the original via the link.


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  






300px-HMS_Flying_Fish_(1873) Wikipedia


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



World Heritage Australian Convict Sites - The Pensioner Guards were retired  soldiers recruited in England to accompany convicts on their voyages to Western  Australia. The Pensioner Guards were not retained as permanent


Archival Records Pensioner Guards


You may find further details in one of my favourite sites.. Convict Records



PLEASE NOTE: TROVE TUESDAY will not be published next Tuesday owing to family commitments. It will return on December 6th. 
It may be a good time to catch up with anything you have missed.

Tuesday 15 November 2022

ABSCONDED CONVICTS .. Trove Tuesday 15th Nov 2022

 




To enlarge, please click on the clippings 
.. or you can use the highlighted link to go to the original item.


Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Saturday 7 April 1838, page 2      http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2547863







Port Arthur, Tasmania



Hobart Town Advertiser (Tas. : 1839 - 1861), Monday 18 April 1859, page 3 (2)  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264656991






Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1853 - 1872), Friday 16 March 1866, page 6     http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63512834




Tuesday 8 November 2022

RETURNED SOLDIERS WW1.... Trove Tuesday 8th Nov 2022

 

With Armistice Day on Friday 11th November, it seemed the right time to acknowledge some of the many soldiers who did return from WW1. Of course, there were many from all services, women included. 

These clippings are but a few from many available through TROVE. You can find many records through Record Search  as well as other websites including 

Defence and War Service records 

Department of Veteran's Affairs

Australian War Memorial

We thank them all for their service.


You can click on the images to enlarge or go direct to the original post via the links provided.


Soldier's Memorial, Ararat    H32492/1084


Ararat Chronicle and Willaura and Lake Bolac Districts Recorder (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), Friday 20 August 1915   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154322723



Dorrigo Monument. Facing East Dedicated 21 April 1921 by Brig C. Fox
Photo credit: Dorrigo RSL Sub Branch G. Denner


Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate (NSW : 1910 - 1954), Saturday 16 December 1916, page 2.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172001645


Details as below

Nepean Times (Penrith, NSW : 1882 - 1962), Saturday 5 May 1917, page 6  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86146642





Cassidy, George Frederick 19225


Lilydale Express (Vic. : 1886 - 1897; 1914 - 1955), Friday 27 April 1917, page 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74598577

Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate (NSW : 1910 - 1954), Saturday 27 October 1917, page 2     http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171997923    







Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian (Vic. : 1900 - 1942), Sat. 9 Nov. 1918, pg 1

 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60212431




Nepean Times (Penrith, NSW : 1882 - 1962), Saturday 22 February 1919, page 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86193415





Virtual War Memorial AustraliaVirtual War Memorial | Bowen War Memorial, Bowen, Queensland,

Bowen Independent (Qld. : 1911 - 1954), Saturday 13 September 1919, page 8 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192390887












ABCNewstead's war homes tell stories of families in the years after World War I - ABC News

Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thursday 22 March 1928, page 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21235378



Thanks to Aussie Mobs 
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