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convicts

Epistolary eloquence [letter from a convict, 7 November 1828]

3 June 2024 · Leave a Comment

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[Editor: This letter from a convict, sourced from an English newspaper, was republished in The Australian (Sydney, NSW), 7 November 1828. The convict describes New South Wales as “the devil’s own country ... this most detestable, damnable, country”.] Epistolary … [Read more...] about Epistolary eloquence [letter from a convict, 7 November 1828]

Filed Under: correspondence Tagged With: 500x500, convicts, letters, negative attitudes towards Australia, SourceTrove, year1828

Contents of last week’s Government Gazette [16 September 1839]

17 November 2023 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This column was published in Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (Sydney, NSW), 16 September 1839. It includes a reference to the appointment of Charles Joseph La Trobe to oversee the Port Phillip District (Victoria).] Contents of last week’s Government … [Read more...] about Contents of last week’s Government Gazette [16 September 1839]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, Charles Joseph La Trobe (1801-1875) (subject), convicts, grammar - Oxford commas, Port Essington (NT), SourceTrove, year1839

Domestic Intelligence [13 August 1844]

2 December 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: These news items are extracts from the “Domestic Intelligence” section published in the Colonial Times (Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land), 13 August 1844.] Domestic Intelligence THE “COMET” COACH. — Anxious at all times to advance the interests of the colony, more … [Read more...] about Domestic Intelligence [13 August 1844]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, alcoholic beverages made in Australia, coaches, convicts, crime law and punishment, economic competition, ferries, hangings, news items, roads, roads needing improvement, SourceTrove, year1844

The Legislative Council [editorial, 17 October 1854]

17 October 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This untitled editorial was published in The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 17 October 1854.] [The Legislative Council] The Legislative Council, which has been three weeks in session, has as yet done nothing of much importance, with the exception of the passage through … [Read more...] about The Legislative Council [editorial, 17 October 1854]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, convicts, Convicts' Prevention Bill, SourceTrove, squatters, year1854

By the officer who brought home the dispatches from Botany Bay [24 February 1791]

13 August 2022 · 2 Comments

[Editor: This brief untitled news item, about some well-behaved convicts, and an Aboriginal girl raised in Sydney, is an extract from the “London” section published in The London Chronicle (London, England), 24 February 1791.] [By the officer who brought home the dispatches … [Read more...] about By the officer who brought home the dispatches from Botany Bay [24 February 1791]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, Australian Aborigines, British periodicals 18th Century, convicts, correction or change made per readers' comments, diseases, national origin Britain, smallpox, SourceAustralianNationalMaritimeMuseum, year1791

Something like the old times [10 May 1851]

3 July 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article which shows one of the negative aspects of living as a free person in a society which uses convict labour. Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 1851.] Something like the old times. — A labouring man, who stated that his name was Daniel … [Read more...] about Something like the old times [10 May 1851]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: convicts, SourceTrove, year1851

Sydney [news items, 29 March 1807]

6 April 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: News items from Sydney, including an attempted escape by a convict. Published in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 29 March 1807.] Sydney. Sitting Magistrate for the ensuing Week — Major Johnston. On Wednesday His Honor Lieut. Governor … [Read more...] about Sydney [news items, 29 March 1807]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: convicts, SourceTrove, word bushranger, year1807

Botany Bay [an ex-convict wants to return to New South Wales] [12 September 1802]

4 April 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A brief news item which mentions an ex-convict who wants to return, with his family, to New South Wales. Published in E. Johnson’s British Gazette, and Sunday Monitor, 12 September 1802.] [An ex-convict wants to return to New South Wales] Botany Bay. — Such is … [Read more...] about Botany Bay [an ex-convict wants to return to New South Wales] [12 September 1802]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: convicts, SourceOldNewspapers, year1802

[James Hughes, escaped convict, found dead] [19 January 1806]

21 March 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An extract from the news section of The Sydney Gazette, and New South Wales Advertiser, 19 January 1806.] [James Hughes, escaped convict, found dead] Last week a native informed Tarlington, a settler, that the skeleton of a white man, with a musket and tin kettle … [Read more...] about [James Hughes, escaped convict, found dead] [19 January 1806]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: convicts, SourceTrove, year1806

Difficulties of settlement in Western Australia [chapter 42 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

23 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is chapter 42 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton. Published in The Sunday Mail, 14 April 1935.] The story of Australia — XLII Difficulties of settlement in Western Australia From the first things did not go well with the new settlement formed … [Read more...] about Difficulties of settlement in Western Australia [chapter 42 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: colonisation, convicts, Martin Hambleton (1869-1938) (author), SourceTrove, Swan River, The story of Australia (by Martin Hambleton), Thomas Peel, Western Australia (state), year1935

Tasmania as a penal settlement [chapter 40 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

23 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is chapter 40 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton. Published in The Sunday Mail, 31 March 1935.] The story of Australia — XL Tasmania as a penal settlement Governor Arthur was recalled in 1836, and Sir John Franklin, the great Arctic explorer, … [Read more...] about Tasmania as a penal settlement [chapter 40 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: convicts, John Eardley-Wilmot (1783-1847) (subject), John Franklin, Martin Hambleton (1869-1938) (author), SourceTrove, Tasmania (state), The story of Australia (by Martin Hambleton), year1935

Settlement of Tasmania: Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks [chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

23 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton. Published in The Sunday Mail, 24 March 1935.] The story of Australia — XXXIX Settlement of Tasmania Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks Colonel David Collins, the first Governor of Tasmania, … [Read more...] about Settlement of Tasmania: Early bushrangers: Hostile Blacks [chapter 39 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian Aborigines, bushrangers, convicts, George Arthur, Martin Hambleton (1869-1938) (author), SourceTrove, Tasmania (state), The story of Australia (by Martin Hambleton), Thomas Davey, William Sorell, year1935

The innocent convict [9 March 1865]

3 August 2012 · Leave a Comment

The innocent convict. (From Diaries of a Lady of Quality: by A. Hayward, Q.C.) November 18th, 1803.— “We left Buxton in the midst of a deep snow, and after a very cold and wretched journey arrived at Elton [Elton Hall, Oundle : the seat of the Earl of Carysfort] the next … [Read more...] about The innocent convict [9 March 1865]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: convicts, SourceTrove, year1865

Young Henry the Poacher [song, 1800s]

11 July 2012 · 1 Comment

[Editor: A song, “Young Henry the Poacher”, also known as “Henry’s Downfall”, which was originally printed as a broadside ballad.] Young Henry the Poacher Come all you wild and wicked youths wherever you may be, I pray you give attention and listen unto me, The fate of … [Read more...] about Young Henry the Poacher [song, 1800s]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: broadside, convicts, Editor’s notes, Editor’s notes3, Henry’s Downfall, song, SourceNatLibScotland, transportation of convicts, YearEra19thCentury (1801-1900)

Domestic intelligence [3 February 1827]

22 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: Some extracts from the Australian news section of the The Monitor, 3 February 1827.] Domestic intelligence It is discovered that greasy wool will attract and destroy weevils in wheat — where this destructive insect therefore, is suspected to engender, it is … [Read more...] about Domestic intelligence [3 February 1827]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: conflict Whites vs Aborigines, convicts, SourceTrove, word Oceania, year1827

Billy Barlow in Australia [song, 2 September 1843]

12 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (2 September 1843). It was also included in Banjo Paterson’s collection, The Old Bush Songs (1905), with minor variations.] Billy Barlow in Australia When I was at home I was down … [Read more...] about Billy Barlow in Australia [song, 2 September 1843]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: colonists pioneers settlers, convicts, song, SourceTrove, variation of Paterson's Bush Songs, year1843

[Convicts made to attend church by law] [6 November 1823]

11 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An extract from the news section of The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (6 November 1823), regarding the rule in New South Wales that all convicts were to attend church services every Sunday.] [Convicts made to attend church by law] In consequence … [Read more...] about [Convicts made to attend church by law] [6 November 1823]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: convicts, crime law and punishment, SourceTrove, year1823

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