Convict References

ERICKSON, R & O’MARA, G: Convicts in Western Australia 1850-1887; Dictionary of Western Australia Volume ix; University of Western Australia Press; 1994;  ISBN 1-875560-44-0.

 

ERICKSON, Rica: The Brand on his Coat; University of Western Australia Press; 1993;  ISBN 0-85564-223-8.

 

FRIENDS OF BATTYE LIBRARY ( INC ): Convict Records of Western Australia – A Research Guide; 2016; ISBN 978-0-646-95692-3.
( Table Showing W.A. Convict Numbers & Voyage Details ).

 

WINTER, Sean: Transforming the Colony – The Archaeology of Convictism in Western Australia; Cambridge Scholars Publishing; 2017; ISBN 10: 1443879675.

 

GERTZEL, Cherry: The Convict System in Western Australia, 1850-1870; ( 1949 ); Thesis  for Honours Degree in History, University of Western Australia; State Library of Western Australia_b.1282210.

 

EDGAR, William John: LAGS, A History of the Western Australian Convict Phenomenon; Tammar Productions; 2012;  ISBN- 0959396446.

 

CLIFTON, Marshall Waller ( Author ), Editor/Contributors- BARNES, P.A,  CAMERON, J.M.R,  WILLIS,H.A,  BERRYMAN, I,  GILL, A: The Australind Journals of Marshall Waller CLIFTON; Hesperian Press; 2010; ISBN- 978-0-85905-483-6.

 

BATTYE, James Sykes: A History from its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth,
U.W.A Press; 1978; ISBN- 0-85564-136-3.

 

DAVIS, Russell Earls: A Concise History of Western Australia, Woodslane Press; 2012; ISBN-
9781921874642 ( Paperback ).

STAPLES, A. C. : They Made Their Destiny: History of Settlement of the Shire of Harvey 1829-1929; Shire of Harvey; 1979; ISBN 0959468609.

 

HORTON, Susanne : The History of the Albany Convict Gaol, Its Convicts, Gaolers and Warders ( Compilation of Newspaper & Archival References for Albany Historical Society Inc. 2008 ).

 

FAMILY HISTORY WA– Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc: Convict Links- Convict Group Newsletter- Vol.32 No. 4- December 2018; ISSN- 0819-2189.

 

WALTER, Irma: Stout Hearted- The Story of Stephen Montague STOUT; Hesperian Press; 2014; ISBN 978-0-85905-565-9.

 

 

CROSS, Lorna: I’m an Edinburgh Man – James John Henry HISLOP ( 1824 – 1909 ); Self-Published;
2011; ISBN 978-0-646-57037-2.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH PROVIDED

WALTER, Irma: Database of Convict Misdemeanours, Court Appearances & Granting of Tickets of Leave, Conditional Pardons etc.  Details acquired from Trove Website , including Police Gazettes and Newspapers of the day, such as :- Perth Gazette, Inquirer, Daily News, W.A Times, West Australian, Truth, Western Mail, The Sun Kalgoorlie, Eastern District Chronicle York, Coolgardie Miner, Bunbury Herald, Southern Times, South Western News Busselton, Blackwood Times.

 

MORT, Joy : Index Cards listing details for South West W.A Convicts who died from 1852 – 1900.

 

RODGERS, P.A – List of South West W.A Convicts engaged to work at Ben PIGOTT’s farm at Springhill,   ( Refer PIGOTT’s Personal Diaries ).

WEBSITE REFERENCES

FREMANTLE PRISON –

 http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/history-heritage/history/convict-database/

 

MID WEST HERITAGE-

https://midwestwaheritage.com/midwest-convict-register/

 

TOODYAY HERITAGE-

www.toodyay.wa.gov.au/community-visitors/museums/Toodyays-Heritage/convict-Era

( Convicts associated with Toodyay- Toodyay Convict Database com. 31 July 2017, as at 25 August, 2019. A joint project of the Toodyay Historical Society and the Shire of Toodyay Museums ).

 

HARVEY HISTORY ONLINE- 

www.harveyhistoryonline.com

( Select heading “ Documents “ then Select Category “ Convict Histories “  ).

 

ROYAL SAPPERS & MINERS in WESTERN AUSTRALIA-  

https://sappers-minerswa.com/of-interest/convict-hiring-depots/bunbury-convict-depot/

AUTHORS NOTE

Official Convict Records are held by the State Records Office of Western Australia and should be consulted when conducting Official Genealogical/Historical Research.