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Convicts

ANDERSON, C.L.
Lincolnshire convicts to Australia, Bermuda and Gibraltar: a study of two thousand convicts.
Dunholme, Lincoln: Laece Books, 1993. [Q929.34 AND *]
Contains information on Lincolnshire convicts who came to Western Australia.

Convict shipping and description lists, Western Australia.
1850-1887. [F929.3941 WES]
Arranged in convict number order, these provide a physical description of the c10,000 convicts who came to Western Australia 1850-1868. Photocopied from originals held in the State records Office (Acc 128), they provide the convict’s number, name, ship arrived upon, age, height, colour of eyes and hair, visage, complexion, appearance, distinguishing marks, occupation, marital status, and number of children.

The Convict System.
London: HMSO, 1810-1865. Available on microfilm. [Q343.2 COL]
Series of volumes containing Comptroller General's correspondence relating to the Convict Establishment. Volumes 4-8 contain material relating to Western Australian convicts 1849-1865.

ERICKSON, Rica & O'MARA, Gillian
Convicts in Western Australia 1850-1887.
Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1994. [B/994]
Extended new edition of The dictionary of Western Australians Vol. 2 Bond 1850-1868. Much new information has been recorded as new and important sources have become available. These include Irish convict records and trial dates and next of kin, where known.

MESECKE, Coralie (compiler)
Convict applications to bring out families to Van Diemen's Land (also NSW, Vic & WA) : index 1827-1873.
Hobart, Tas. : Tasmanian Family History Society, Hobart Branch, 2001. [Q929.39 MES]
While the majority of entries are for Tasmanian convicts, many later applications relate to Western Australia. Details provided are convict’s name and ship of arrival, source references, name of spouse (including spelling variations), family and other details and place of residence.

O'MARA, Gillian
Convict records of Western Australia: a research guide.
Perth: Friends of Battye Inc, 1990. [929.1072 OMA]
Guide to tracing records relating to convicts in the Battye Library, the State Records Office and England.

PURDUE, Brian
Listing of bond or imperial convicts who left the colony from October 1875 to December 1900.
[Bayswater, W.A.: B. Purdue, c2006] [Q929.39 PUR]
Provides name, date and page of entry from the Police Gazette, convict number, date of departure and final destination.