CONVICT BURIALS .. Trove Tuesday 19th Sep 2023

 

Convicts sent to Australia have played a large part in Australian History. They were sent to New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia some years later. South Australia wasn't keen on having them, though some did end up there.. a story for another time. 

The article below are just a few to recognise the number of convicts buried in Australia. Further links are added at the end of this page.

National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW : 1889 - 1954), Friday 27 May 1892, page 1  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156663509 

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Monday 5 September 1892, page 4  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135911951 

News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), Monday 21 July 1930, page 1 

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130252983 

Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912), Thursday 26 May 1892, page 2   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204479618

Gippsland Farmers' Journal and Traralgon, Heyfield and Rosedale News (Vic. : 1887 - 1893), Friday 27 May 1892    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227989324 

Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Tuesday 29 October 1929, page 7   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51628455

News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), Monday 21 July 1930, page 1    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130252983 

Extra Links Convict Burials

Tasmania

Tasmania's lost convict burials

Port Arthur History

Convicts Unmarked Graves Protected

NSW

Wilberforce Cemetery

Devonshire Street Cemetery

Sydney Cemeteries

Old Sydney Burial Ground

St. Johns Burials

Western Australia

Government Archival Records Convicts

Government Archival Records Cemeteries

Former convict remembered with memorial

Queensland

Qld Heritage Register

Qld Convict Records

First Brisbane Burial Grounds

James Davis convict family history

St. Helena Penal Establishment

Burials at Moreton Bay