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  • William Beresford (convict) - became an editor on the Herald
    • (5076) 1799 M 1 chd ,lit clerk Prot, conv York 1855 forgery 15yrs; arr Edwin fox 21.11.1858 (ticket of Leave)TL24.12.1859 (conditional pardon)CP23.10.1862 Freo
    • I have a Geoffrey Bolton article on him in an Early Days
    • Apparently he gets a mention in "The Literature of Western Australia"
    • Some coverage in "The Brand on His Coat"
  • William Pearce - became an editor on the Herald
    • (5142)1825-M Painter butcher, semi lit Prot, conv CCC (central criminal court)1849 burglary Prev conv 15yrs arr Edwin fox 21.11.1858 TL26.05.1859 CP29.01.1862; Perth, worked for self 1859.
    • Some coverage in "The Brand on His Coat"
  • John Acton Wroth - kept a diary of his time as a convict, which is now of immense historical value
    • (368)1832 St Mary Key unm painter, lit prot conv Ipswich 31.7.1848 forge an order for goods 10yrs arr mermaid 7.5.1851 tl28.11.1851 cp1.1854; perth, granted prmission to marry bridget ellis 1/2yr return 31.12.1853
    • A whole chapter in "The Brand on His Coat"
  • Aimable Ciril DU Perouzel -
    • (4840) 17.3.1831 nr St Aubin-du-Perron, nr Countances le Manche Normandy France 10.12.1901 York WA-M 1 Elizabeth Susanne Fauny at JSY, Farmer, lit Prot Conv Guernsey 6.9.1856 burglary & trying to escape several times & Many prev conv 10yrs, arr Lord Raglan 1.6.1858 tl 9.5.1859 cp15.6.1861;York. Son of Charles LE Perouzel & Rogegonde nee Fauny. Wife last heard of at Guernsey 1856. mar Julia Neagle 26.3.1863 Beverley.
    • A whole chapter in "The Brand on His Coat"
  • James Everett (convict) - mentioned in article Moondyne Joe
    • (615) 1815-1886 at sea M 3Chn Gardener, Conv Chelmsford 5.3.1849 larceny 7 yrs arr Pyrenees 28.6.1851 tl28.6.1851 Cp 23.4.1853 To LND 19.7.1886 Died on Voyage
    • Sources: "The Brand on His Coat" and both Moondyne Joe books
  • Thomas "Satan" Browne - important character in the history of The Old Mill in South Perth
    • No listing under Browne, 22 convicts named Thomas Brown.
    • This website says he was transported in 1863, suggesting the Thomas Henry J. Brown that came on the Lord Dalhousie.
  • Denis Cashman - Fenian who kept a diary on the Hougoumont
    • (9685)1842-M 3chn clerk lit RC Conv Dublin 19.2.1867. arr Hougoumont 10.1.1868 FP15.5.1869 Swan. to NSW 21.9.1869 Fenian. Kin Catherine Cashman of Francis St Waterford
    • Diary published under title: "Fenian Diary: Denis B. Cashman on board the Hougoumont, 1867-68"
  • John Casey (convict) - ditto
    • (9684) 1844 unm clerk, lit RC conv Cork 14.12.1865 crt martial treson 5yrs arr Hougoumont 10.1.1868 tl13.11.1868 FP 15.5.1869.York; Perth gen svt school teacher. To NSW 21.9.1869 Fenian.
    • Not to be confused with another Fenian named "John Keegan Casey" better known as "Leo Casey", who died in Mountjoy prison

Could this be him?

  • Lots of other Fenians: e.g Duggan...
  • John Gavin (convict), a Parkhurst apprentice who became the first white settler to kill another white settler, and subsequently became the first white settler to be executed. This should be mentioned in Parkhurst apprentices and there should be a biographical article on him.
    • Nice. It would be nice to know what his original offence was, what ship he came out in. I'll have a look in Gill tonight, maybe there's something there. Hesperian 00:51, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
      • Actually, we can deduce what ship he came out in. It wasn't the Simon Taylor, because he's not listed here. The only other ship to bring out Parkhurst apprentices prior to his death was the Shepherd. QED. Hesperian 00:55, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • All other convicts mentioned at this website.
  • James Manning (Clerk of Works)

Convict ship articles for creation

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Parkhurst apprentice voyages
Ship Arrival Number of
Parkhurst apprentices
Simon Taylor August 1842 18
Shepherd October 1843 28
Halifax December 1844 18
Cumberland January 1846 16
Orient March 1848 51
Ameer February 1849 50
Mary October 1849 53

Convict voyages
Ship Origin Arrival Number of convicts Articles
Scindian (list) Portsmouth 1 June 1850 75
Hashemy Isle of Portland 25 October 1850 100
Mermaid Portsmouth 13 May 1851 208
Pyrenees Torbay 28 June 1851 293 John Hislop, Abraham Jennison
Minden Plymouth 14 October 1851 301
Marion Portland 2 November 1851 279 Joseph Horrocks, George Sadler
William Jardine Plymouth 1 August 1852 212 Octavius Ryland, John Warren (convict)
Dudbrook Plymouth 7 February 1853 228 Joseph Walton
Pyrenees (ship) Torbay 30 April 1853 293 Moondyne Joe, Robert Mewburn
Robert Small London 19 August 1853 303 James Lloyd (convict)
Phoebe Dunbar Kingstown 30 August 1853 285 Daniel Connor
General Godwin Calcutta 28 March 1854 15
Sea Park London 5 April 1854 304 Thomas Palmer (convict)
Ramillies London 7 August 1854 277
Guide Calcutta January 9 1855 6
Stag London 23 May 1855 224 George Brand, James Humphrey
Adelaide Portland 18 July 1855 259
William Hammond Plymouth 29 March 1856 249 William Jones (Australian convict), William Boxhal
Runnymede Plymouth 7 September 1856 248
Clara London 3 July 1857 262
City of Palaces Singapore 8 August 1857 4
Nile Plymouth 1 January 1858 270 Robert Palin, Cornelius Hardy
Caduceus Bombay 5 February 1858 1
Lord Raglan Plymouth 1 June 1858 268
Albeura Calcutta 28 October 1858 11
Edwin Fox Plymouth 20 November 1858 280 Thomas Bushell
Sultana Plymouth 19 August 1859 224
Frances Madras 19 November 1859 1
Palmerston Portland 11 February 1861 293 William Perrin, Theodore Richards (convict)
Lincelles Portland 28 January 1862 304
Norwood Portland 9 June 1862 290
York Portland 31 December 1862 299 Herman Moll (convict), James Elphinstone Roe
Merchantman London[1] 14 February 1863 191
Clyde Portland 29 May 1863 320
Lord Dalhousie Portland 28 December 1863 270 Henry Wildman
Clara London 13 April 1864 301
Merchantman Portland 12 September 1864 257
Racehorse Portland 10 August 1865 278 John Hubbard (convict)
Vimeira Portland 22 December 1865 278
Belgravia Portland 4 July 1866 276
Corona Portland 22 December 1866 305 Fred Carter (convict)
Norwood Portland 13 July 1867 253 William Sykes (convict), James Hasleby, Alfred Chopin, William Chopin
Hougoumont London 9 January 1868 279 John Boyle O'Reilly, James Wilson (Irish Nationalist), Thomas Berwick
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Other notes

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Two things to be added:

  • The other colony's responses. Objected to WA becoming a penal colony; SA passed a law requiring people arriving from WA to present a certification that they had never been a convict; colony's later sent a petition asking the UK to cease transporting convicts to WA.
  • Transportation of Western Australian criminals to the eastern penal colonies. In 1832 Western Australia passed laws allowing it to transport its criminals to the penal colonies over east. In August that year three WA criminals were transported to Van Diemen's Land. This is mentioned in passing in Diary of Ten Years. I don't know any other details.


More Images for future articles

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:JohnFloodConvict.jpg

  1. ^ Merchantman is officially listed as sailing from London via Bermuda, but its convicts were boarded at Bermuda not London.