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Greensborough Historical Society
Book, The Third Fleet Convicts, 1791_
... convicts ...Lists all the convicts in the Third Fleet alphabetically and names the ships on which they were transported.It also gives information such as birth place, length of sentence and date of conviction.A 126 page hard cover book with coloured outer covers.Pencilled words on inner flyleaf.sydney cove, penal colony, transportation, convicts -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Convict Days, 1960
This book contains selections of the convict stories written by Price Warung, 1864-1911(real name William Astley). He was a journalist and writer who worked for a great number of newspapers throughout Australia and began an important association with the Sydney ‘Bulletin’ in 1890. In this period he write the powerful works for which he is best known, ‘Convict Days’, a series of four volumes of stories about Australia’s convict system. The major theme of these writings is the sordid nature of the convict system. Astley became heavily involved in the Federation campaign, firstly as the Secretary of the Bathurst Federal League and then as the organizing Secretary of the 1896 Bathurst Convention. This Convention is considered by historians to have given the Federation campaign a new and vigorous vitality. In 1898 Astley wrote most of the official articles publishing the ‘Yes’ case for the Federation referendum. In 1883 Astley was in Warrnambool, working as a journalist for the Warrnambool Standard newspaper and examples of his journalism can be found in the papers of this time. He wrote lengthy reports in a free-flowing and attractive but verbose style. His two articles on the well-known horse stud and hop farm called ‘Bryan O’Lynn’ appeared in the Standard in October 1884. This book is of considerable interest as it was written by Price Warung (William Astley). Not only is he of importance in Australia’ history but also he has his place in Warrnambool’s history as a journalist for the Warrnambool Standard in the 1880s. This is a hard cover book of 206 pages. The cover is grey with pink lettering on the spine. The dust cover is white with a black, white and red sketch of a convict on the front and a black and white photograph of the author and his biography on the back cover. The book contains an Introduction and thirteen stories by Price Warung. The dust cover is a little stained and torn. price warung (william astley), warrnambool standard, history of warrnambool -
Friends of St Brigids Association
Leatherwood honey for Gall : A convict marries an immigrant Girl, Reddrop, Mary. 2000. Leatherwood Honey for Gall : A Convict Marries an Immigrant Girl. Blackburn, Vic. : PenFolk Publishing, 2000 viii, 210 p. : ill. (some col.), facsim., maps, ports.; 21 cm
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Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, J F Mortlock, Experiences of a Convict: Transported for 21 years, 1968
... convicts ...Originally published in 1864-5. 'Mortlock was sentenced in 1843 for a violent attack on a Fellow of Christ's Church, Cambridge. Transported to NSW, he experienced almost every aspect of the penal system between 1844-1864.Sydney : Sydney University Press, 1965 248 paegs ; 24 cm non-fictionOriginally published in 1864-5. 'Mortlock was sentenced in 1843 for a violent attack on a Fellow of Christ's Church, Cambridge. Transported to NSW, he experienced almost every aspect of the penal system between 1844-1864.transportation, convicts -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Photograph - ' Box Cottage' Reconstruction
... convicts ...The original small, pioneer cottage was built in the late 1840s to early1850s, by an unknown pioneer. It was located on part of a 30 Acre allotment that was originally part of Henry Dendy’s Special Survey granted in 1841. The doors and window sashes, (made of red deal joinery timber), as well as the brass locks and fittings, are from the original cottage, and were imported from England.The fire-place bricks are from the original cottage, and are sun-dried, (not kiln fired), and are hand-made. Convict marks can be seen on two bricks.There is a small display of external cladding shingles from the original pioneer cottage. These shingles were hand-split, and most likely made from locally collected timber The nails included in this display were used to fasten the shingles on the original cottage, and are also hand-made. The enamel nameplate, “Colonial”, on the wall of the cottage, was the name chosen for the original pioneer cottage when a later owner, Mr August Rietman and wife Frieda leased the property in around 1917. August purchased the property 1935 for 1200 Pounds approximately and resided there until 1953. In 1974 Mr Lewis, a timber specialist, found the dilapidated building on property he had recently purchased in Jasper Rd and suggested it be reconstructed and relocated. Moorabbin Council agreed and the Cottage was rebuilt just about 250 metres from its original site. The cost of the rebuild was met by 'Victoria's 150th Committee, plus a small grant from the City of Moorabbin, and Mr Laurie Lewis donated much of the timber for the reconstruction. Although 'Box Cottage' is a re-construction, it is an unique museum that, being located in the midst of a modern community in Ormond Victoria, can educate and demonstrate many aspects of the early settler’s way of life in Victoria. As such, it is an invaluable resource for students and all kinds of visitors. The original small, pioneer cottage was built in the late 1840s to1850s, by an unknown pioneer. It was located on part of a 30 Acre allotment that was originally part of Dendy’s Special Survey granted in 1841. The re-constructed pioneer cottage, named ‘Box Cottage’, is located only a matter of metres from the original pioneer cottage site, in Joyce Park, Jasper Road, Ormond, Victoria. The museum has copies of interesting Land Titles associated with the surrounding land, including the site of the original pioneer cottage, from Dendy’s time, and into the 1900s. ‘Box Cottage’ is named after the pioneers, William and Elizabeth Box, who resided in the original cottage from approximately 1865, until Elizabeth’s death in 1914.The re-constructed cottage plan has followed faithfully the original dimensions, and plan of the original pioneer cottage, and as many original items from that cottage’s long occupation have been incorporated. Convict marks on sun -dried, fire-place chimney bricks. Enamel nameplate 'Colonial' circa1915brighton, moorabbin, cottages, pioneers, ormond, colonial, mckinnon, dendy henry, box william, box elizabeth, convicts, rietman august, rietman frieda, rietman stefanie -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Guilty but no conviction, 09/05/2018
The 15 year old, who can't be named for legal reasons, was found guilty in a children's court last Wednesday of starting a fire in a drain on a 29 degree day at Greensborough's Kalparrin Reserve on Friday, January 5, 2018.News article 1 page, black text.childrens court, starting a fire, kalparrin reserve -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Print, Darvall, Jo, A Convict in Bonds, 2016
Donated by the artist, 2017Monoprint and chine-colle on Hahnemuhle papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
The Dunmoochin Foundation
Gouache Painting, Mrs. Fraser and Convict, 1958
Painting depicting a male and female nude embracing in a rose landscape Nonesidney nolan, painting, landscape, gouache, convict, female nude, male nude -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village
Wood Sample, 1840
This shipwreck artefact is a section of wood from the vessel “Success, a former immigrant ship, and later a convict hulk at Melbourne. The sailing ship “Success” was a teakwood vessel built in Natmoo (Natmaw), Tenasserim, Burma (now Myanmar) in 1840 for Cockerell & Co., Calcutta. Over its lifetime of 106 years, it was used to trade in the Indian subcontinent, to transport free emigrants to Australia, as a prison hulk in the Port of Melbourne for both hardened criminals, and later for women and boys, as a storage vessel for ammunition, a reformatory, and as a floating museum sent around the world to tell the tale of the convict era. During the time “Success” was used as a museum, pamphlets were distributed to paying customers advertising erroneously, that the “Success” was the oldest ship in the world. The “Success” sank and was re-floated twice: the first in Sydney in 1885, the second in the USA in 1918, before it was finally burned and sank July 4, 1946 in Lake Erie, near Sandusky, Ohio in 1946. Although the “Success” was home to prisoners while berthed in the Port of Melbourne, it was not used as convict transport. There has been speculation that Ned Kelly’s infamous armour was displayed on the “Success”, but this cannot be verified. Another link to Ned Kelly is Henry Johnson, an Irish prisoner on the Success, who was implicated in the murder of the ship’s warder, and later Johnson was supposedly a bushranger with Ned Kelly. It is also rumoured that Ned Kelly’s father John was a passenger on the Success, but this is also unverified. There are over 16 other ships named “Success”, although one in particular causes some confusion when researching “Success” in Australia. This other ship – the “HMS Success” was a 28 gun frigate built in1823, which was broken up in 1849. It also sailed to Australia. Statement of Significance: This piece of wood from the “Success” is connected to the ship Success, built in Burma in 1840. The “Success” is connected to the history of Australia because she was used as a merchant ship to transport immigrants to Australia, as a prison ship in Melbourne, a storage vessel, and as a floating “convict” museum, which travelled the world. Section of wood from ship “Success”. Wood appears to have been partially burnt, saw marks faintly visible on wood, remnant of a label with handwriting in black inklabel marked in script handwriting “Convict ship / “Success””flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, sailing vessel success, wood sample of sailing ship success, cockerell & co. calcutta -
Clunes Museum
DOCUMENT, 1870
MR. DUNCAN MENZIES KEEPS A LICENSED BEER SHOP AT MT. BECKWORTH, AND CONVICTED OF SLY GROG SELLING AT CLUNES POLICE STATION.POLICE REPORT OF MR. DUNCAN MENZIES. CONVICTED OF SLY GROG SELLINGBALLARAT DISTRICT. CLUNES POLICE STATIONlocal history, government, report, police force -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Catalogue and Guide, The Famous Australian Convict Ship: "Success" Melbourne
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Clunes Museum
BARBED WIRE
Hand made by convictsNilbarbed wire, fencing -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, MORRIS, Kenneth, George Bass in Western Port, incorporating, George Bass & the convicts, 1997
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Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet, Elizabeth Rafferty 1797-1822, 2014
This book gives the history of Elizabeth Rafferty, an Irish convict who arrived in Australia in 1797 and who had children to Captains Thomas Dennett and Robert Rhodes and later married Captain Robert Walker. She also had a store in The Rocks in Sydney. Her daughter Rachel married Robert Bostock and were prominent settlers in Tasmania and later their children were prominent in Warrnambool’s history. This book is of some importance as it tells the life story of Elizabeth Rafferty who is important to Warrnambool as the mother of Rachel Rhodes-Walker who married Robert Bostock in 1816. It was their children who came from Tasmania, (Ernest, Augustus, George, James etc) who played such a prominent part in Warrnambool’s history. The Bostock family members were property owners, shopkeepers, flour millers and Bond Store operators in early Warrnambool and were active in community affairs.This is a small book of 64 pages with a buff-coloured plasticised cover with printed material and a photograph of Elizabeth Rafferty. The pages contain printed material, maps, photographs and illustrations and an index.Front cover: Elizabeth Rafferty in Sydney’s The Rocks and her Bostock Legacy Convict – Settler - Shopkeeper, 1797-1822, Leslie Francis Watters Back cover: printed material re the contents of the book. bostock family, elizabeth rafferty, warrnambool, rachel rafferty, robert bostock -
Victoria Police Museum
Criminal records (Squizzy Taylor)
Police docket (with photograph), record of convictions, fingerprints for Squizzy Taylorsquizzy taylor, leslie taylor, david donoghue, leslie grout, michael mcgee, murder -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Photograph, Newspaper article 1977, 'Reconstruction of Box Cottage’ 1984, 1977
The original small, pioneer cottage was built in the late 1840s to early1850s, by an unknown pioneer. It was located on part of a 30 Acre allotment that was originally part of Dendy’s Special Survey granted in 1841. The doors and window sashes, (made of red deal joinery timber), as well as the brass locks and fittings, are from the original cottage, and were imported from England. The fire-place bricks are from the original cottage, and are sun-dried, (not kiln fired), and are hand-made. Convict marks can be seen on two bricks. There is a small display of external cladding shingles from the original pioneer cottage. These shingles were hand-split, and most likely made from locally collected timber The nails included in this display were used to fasten the shingles on the original cottage, and are also hand-made. The cottage was occupied by William Box and family from 1865 until 1914 when it was sold to William Reitman who resided there until 1950. The enamel nameplate, “Colonial”, on the wall of the cottage, was the name chosen for the original pioneer cottage by Mr William Reitman, when he purchased the property in around 1915, for 1200 Pounds approximately. In 1974 Mr Lewis, a timber specialist, found the dilapidated building on property he had recently purchased in Jasper Rd and suggested it be reconstructed and relocated. Moorabbin Council agreed and the cottage was rebuilt just about 250 metres from its original site. The cost of the rebuild was met by 'Victoria's 150th Committee, plus a small grant from the City of Moorabbin, and Mr Laurie Lewis donated much of the timber for the reconstruction. The re-constructed cottage plan has followed faithfully the original dimensions, and plan of the original pioneer cottage, and as many original items from that cottage’s long occupation have been incorporated. The photographs in Album 1 record the progress of the reconstruction from February 1984 to the First Public Open Day November 18th 1984The Moorabbin Standard was the local Newspaper for the City of Moorabbin during the 20th century until it was absorbed into the Leader Newspaper Group Pty Ltd. Mrs H. Deam and Mr Arthur Smith, CMHS members, kept this article to record the progress of the ‘Reconstruction’ from February 1984 to November 1984. This article 6/7/1977 notes that Mr Lewis jnr states "The National Trust is not interested in the house because it is built of wood". and that Cr Max Fox MCC states " It is too easy to knock things down and regret the loss of these pieces of history later on". Although 'Box Cottage' is a re-construction, it is an unique museum that, being located in the midst of a modern community in Ormond Victoria, can educate and demonstrate many aspects of the early settler’s way of life in Victoria. As such, it is an invaluable resource for students and all kinds of visitors. The Moorabbin Standard Newspaper article 6/7/1977 with 2 x black and white photographs of Box Cottage and apprentice Malcolm Proven holding a convict brick when the derelict building was discovered by Mr Laurie Lewis jnr. on the property of Lewis Timber Yard, Jasper Road, McKinnon Written on the article ; 6/7/1977 Moorabbin Standardbrighton, moorabbin, highett, ormond, mckinnon, cottages, pioneers, colonial, dendy henry, box william, box elizabeth, reitman william, convicts lewis timber co. ltd., deam h, smith arthur, museums, box alonzo, moody & smith builders highett, the moorabbin standard newspaper, the leader newspaper pty ltd., fox max , lewis laurie, moorabbin city council, national trust,