Convict Studies Group
The Convict Studies Group is a new group which aims to provide particpants with the opportunity to learn about, research and record their convict ancestry.
During the sessions, you will eplore the vast collection of records availbale to researchers in discovering information on your convict ancestor/s. Particpants will develop a "Convict Portfolio" of your convict and develop a timeline of his/her life. Using this information, you will begin the task of writing your convict's story.
As Group Leader, I will be there to assist and advise you, provide ongoing information and support and organise the monthly sessions and activities. Each session will involve theorectical and practical (hands-on) components. We will explore online resources and identify other respositories holding information relating to convict research.
So, come along and enjoy the fasciniating topic of convict research.
Warren J Luxford
Group Leader
Session Dates:
Month | Day | Date | Time |
April | Wednesday | 17 April | 1pm - 3 |
May | Monday | 20 May | 10am - 12 |
June | Monday | 17 June | 10am - 12 |
July | Monday | 15 July | 10am - 12 |
August | Monday | 19 August | 10am - 12 |
September | Monday | 19 September | 10am - 12 |
October | Monday | 21 October | 10am - 12 |
November | Monday | 18 November | 10am - 12 |
December | Monday | 16 December | 10am - 12 |
Documents Links:
April 2019 - Welcome InformationApril 2019 - Session 1 ReadingApril 2019 - Convict ResourcesApril 2019 - Claim a Convict
APRIL: Interesting Convict Fact:
Australia's Last Convict
The Hougoumont, the last ship to take convicts from the United Kingdon to Australia docked in Fremantle, Western Australia on the 9 January 1868. It brought an end to a process which deposited approximately 168,000 convicted prisoners to Australia, beginning in 1788.The last living convict is recorded as Samuel Speed, who was sentenced to transportation in 1863 for the crime of setting fire to a haystack. He was was tried at Oxfordshire and sentenced to seven years transportation in 1863. He died in Perth's Old Men's Home in 1938.
Source: (adapted) www.abc.net.au/news/208-01-10/australia's-last-convicts/9317172