Convict Australia

In 1831, eleven convicts captured the Caledonia and kidnapped its Captain, and sailed to the South Pacific.

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SOURCES

‘Moreton Bay’. The Sydney Monitor, Saturday 18 February 1832, Page 4.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32076948?searchTerm=browning%20pirate

‘Piracy.’ The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday 17 May 1832, Page 3

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2206619?searchTerm=browning%20pirate

‘The Convict pirates of Moreton Bay – on the run in the South Pacific.’ Moreton Bay and More.

https://moretonbayandmore.home.blog/2019/05/05/the-pirate-convicts-of-moreton-bay-part-2/

‘Captain Browning’s Narrative’. Launceston Advertiser, Tuesday 26 June 1832, Page 8

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84773485?searchTerm=browning

THANK YOU

Special thanks to Dr Heather Clarke & Sue Reed.

Music by Ahjay Stelino

This is the story of Thomas Drewery, a man who was accused of theft, found guilty and sentenced to 7 years transportation for a crime he did not commit.  This is about his fight to clear his name.

LINKS

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SOURCES

https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2015/innocent-pentonvillain

Great Convict Stories, Dramatic and moving tales from Australia’s brutal early years by Graham Seal

The Hull Packet, and East Riding Times, 3 December 1847, Page 4

https://www.newspapers.com/image/390168750/?terms=thomas%20drewery&match=1

The Hull Packet, and East Riding Times, 10 December 1847, Page 8

https://www.newspapers.com/image/390169776/?terms=thomas%20drewery&match=1

The Hull Packet, and East Riding Times, 17 December 1847, Page 5

https://www.newspapers.com/image/390170814/?terms=thomas%20drewery&match=1

The Hull Packet, and East Riding Times, 24 December 1847, Page 7

https://www.newspapers.com/image/390171008

The Hull Packet, and East Riding Times, 14 January 1848, Page 5

https://www.newspapers.com/image/390161646/

The Hull Packet, and East Riding Times, 21 January 1848, Page 4

https://www.newspapers.com/image/390161781/?terms=thomas%20drewery&match=1

The Hull Packet, and East Riding Times, 28 January 1848, Page 4

https://www.newspapers.com/image/390161972/?terms=thomas%20drewery&match=1

The Hull Packet, and East Riding Times, 14 April 1848, Page 5

https://www.newspapers.com/image/390166342/?terms=thomas%20drewery&match=1

The Hull Packet, and East Riding Times, 28 April 1848, Page 5

https://www.newspapers.com/image/390169776/?terms=thomas%20drewery&match=1

THANK YOU

Special thanks to Molly Twemlow, Robert Twemlow, Sue Reed, Mark Blakey & Liz Dawson.

Music by Ahjay Stelino

Life onboard the early convict transportation ships could be brutal.  The mortality rate was often high.  Dr Heather Clarke describes the conditions of these early voyages and the turning point that brought about better conditions for convicts.  She also discusses a much-loved form of exercise on the ships - dancing and music.

LINKS

www.colonialdance.com.au

https://www.facebook.com/earlycolonialdance

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FURTHER READING

Dancing on convict ships  https://www.colonialdance.com.au/dancing-on-convict-ships-3147.html

Dr William Redfern https://www.colonialdance.com.au/dr-william-redfern-3182.html

Jen Willetts'  Free Settler or Felon site has detailed information about convict ships and their surgeons https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/convict_ships_australia.html

Surgeons at Sea via The National Archives https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/surgeonsatsea/

Bateson, C. (1969). The convict ships: 1787-1868 (Vol. 2nd). Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson.

Oxley, D. (1996). Convict maids: the forced migration of women to Australia. Cambridge; Melbourne;: Cambridge University Press.

Pearn, J. (1995). Surgeon-superintendents on convict ships transportation from England to Australia. .

Redfern, W., & Edited by Watson, F. (1814). Report on Convict Ships. La Trobe University Library: Historical records of Australia. Series I Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1959.9/519540.

Rees, S. (2000). The Floating Brothel. Sydney: Hodder Headline Australia.

Smith, B. (2009). A cargo of women: Susannah Watson and the Convicts of the Princess Royal. Crows Nest, N.S.W.; Hove: Allen & Unwin; Roundhouse [distributor].

Music by Ahjay Stelino

Vicious, savage dogs and shark-infested waters could not stop convicts from making their escape from Port Arthur.  Martin Cash and George 'Billy' Hunt are just two convicts who attempted the pass at Eaglehawk Neck in Tasmania.

LINKS

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SOURCES

Martin Cash, the bushranger of Van Diemen's Land in 1843-4: a personal narrative of his exploits in the bush and his experiences at Port Arthur and Norfolk Island by Martin Cash.  Hobart: J. Walch & Sons, 1911 Launceston: A.W. Birchall & Son, 1911

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2595495428/view?partId=nla.obj-2595506296#page/n82/mode/1up

"Domestic Intelligence." Colonial Times, January 24, 1843

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8753277?searchTerm=martin%20cash

"Reward." Launceston Advertiser, January 26, 1843

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84767681?searchTerm=martin%20cash

Pack of Thieves,? 52 Port Arthur Lives by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart & Susan Hood

A – Z of convicts in Van Diemen’s Land by Simon Barnard

The Penal Settlements of early Van Diemen's Land by Thomas James Lempiere 1796-1852.  Royal Society of Tasmania, Northern Branch 1954

http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/183068

THANK YOU

Special thanks to Chris Twemlow, Sue Reed & Mark Blakey.

Music by Ahjay Stelino

Historian Gay Hendriksen joins us to talk about the Parramatta Female Factory. The Parramatta Female Factory was one of thirteen factories around Australia that housed convict women. Between 1821 and 1848 it was a penitentiary, a hospital for women, a workplace, a marriage bureau and a refuge for women, children, and the sick and elderly women of the colony. It was designed by Francis Greenway and built by convict men. Gay takes us through the various uses of the Factory, how it was run, the routine, class system, types of work carried out and much more.

LINKS

Parramatta Female Factory – Ordinary Women Extraordinary Lives

https://www.facebook.com/parramattafemalefactoryourhistory

The Rowan Tree, Heritage and Cultural Services

http://www.therowantree.com.au/

Touching History

https://www.instagram.com/touchinghistory/

Hendriksen, Gay. Conviction: The 1827 Fight for Rights at Parramatta Female Factory. Blaxland, N.S.W: The Rowan Tree, 2015.

Hendriksen, Gay, Trudy Cowley, and Carol Liston. Women Transported: Life in Australia’s Convict Female Factories. Parramatta, N.S.W: Parramatta City Council Heritage Centre, 2008.

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This is the story of the Surry - a ship that transported convicts to Port Jackson in 1814.  During the voyage, there was an outbreak of Typhus that devastated the people on board.

SOURCES

The Convict Ships, 1787 – 1868, by Charles Bateson

Netweather Community, 1814: A cold year with a severe winter.

https://www.netweather.tv/forum/topic/33631-1814-a-cold-year-with-a-severe-winter/

The Free Dictionary, Typhus

https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Gaol-fever

BBC, Gaol fever - typhus or typhoid?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/makhist10_prog8e.shtml

LaTrobe, Historical records of Australia. Series I. Governors' despatches to and from England. Volume VIII, July, 1813—December, 1815 / [edited by Frederick Watson].

http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/9/0/2/public/B13858427S1V8jpages233-488.pdf

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Raine, Thomas (1793–1860)

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/raine-thomas-2570

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Redfern, William (1774–1833)

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/redfern-william-2580

Trove, Sydney Gazette, 30 Jul 1814, Classified Advertising

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628955?searchTerm=SURRY

Trove, Sydney Gazette, 30 Jul 1814, Sydney.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628954?searchTerm=SURRY

Trove, Sydney Gazette, 20 Aug 1814, Classified Advertising

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628967?searchTerm=surry%20quarantine

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Music by Ahjay Stelino

Convict Indents, Surgeon Journals, Tickets of Leave, Certificates of Freedom and Pardons are some of the primary sources available when researching convicts.  In this episode, we explore these documents - what they are, what they can tell us and where we can find them.  We explore the different types of Indents and Pardons and the abbreviations used.

SOURCES

Convicts and Convict Administration Guide, State Archives & Records of NSW

https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/convict-guide-2006

Surgeons Notes from Transport Vessels 1817 - 1857, Digital Panopticon

https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/Surgeons_Notes_from_Transport_Vessels_1817-1857

Surgeons at Sea: Royal Navy Medical Officers' Journals, The National Archives

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/surgeonsatsea/

Tickets of Leave, Biographical Database of Australia

https://www.bda-online.org.au/sources/tickets-of-leave/

How were convicts rewarded for good behaviour? Sydney Living Museums

https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/convict-sydney/rewards-freedom

The Convict Ships, 1787 – 1868, by Charles Bateson

STATE ARCHIVES & RECORDS OF NSW WEBINARS

Tracing NSW Convicts

https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/webinars/webinar-tracing-nsw-convicts

Archives Behind the Scenes - Ticket of Leave Butts

https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/magazine/video/archives-behind-the-scenes-ticket-leave-butts

Early Convict Indents

https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/webinars/mini-webinar%3A-early-convict-indents

LISTS OF ABBREVIATIONS

Convict Abbreviations, Libraries Tasmania

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/family-history/Pages/Convict-abbreviations.aspx

Abbreviations and Commonly Used Terms, Female Factory

https://femalefactory.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Transcribing-Guide.pdf

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Music by Ahjay Stelino

Stephen Gow, author of 'From Distress to Deliverance, the life and times of William Gow; convict, schoolmaster, farmer', talks about his research and shines a light on the education system for the children of convicts and free settlers.  We learn about the remarkable story of William Gow who was convicted of burglary and sentenced to hang at the Old Bailey in 1816 and somehow escaped the noose to become a well-respected schoolmaster in the Hawkesbury Valley.

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Music by Ahjay Stelino

THANK YOU

Special thanks to Stephen Gow, Barbara Gow, Chris Twemlow, Melanie Howell, Tracey Wearne & Mark Blakey.

In this episode, we explore common types of punishments that convict men could receive if they stepped out of line - flogging, the treadmill, leg irons, solitary confinement and banishment to penal settlements.

SOURCES

· ‘Convict Sydney, the real-life stories of 32 prisoners’ by Jennifer Twemlow

· ‘Convicts & The Colonies, A study of Penal Transportation from Great Britain & Ireland to Australia & other parts of the British Empire' by A G L Shaw.

· ‘A – Z of convicts in Van Diemen’s Land’ by Simon Barnard

· ‘Report from the Select Committee on Transportation’ By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Transportation (1812)

· Sydney Living Museums Website, https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/convict-sydney/what-happened-convicts-who-broke-rules

· ‘Convicts, Transportation & Australia’by Michael Bogle

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Music by Ahjay Stelino

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This episode is about a convict transportation ship named the Amphitrite that was shipwrecked on its journey out to Australia.  We delve into what life was like on the voyage and how it all went horribly wrong.

SOURCES

The Convict Ships, 1787 – 1868, by Charles Bateson

Most Perfectly Safe: the convict shipwreck disasters of 1833-42 by G.A. Mawer

Music by Ahjay Stelino

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THANK YOU

Special thanks to Chris Twemlow, Robert Twemlow, Stacey Plim, Mark Blakey & Anne-Marie Lamb.