Australia's last convicts : reprobates, rogues and recidivists / content: Lorraine Clarke and Cherie Strickland.

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AuthorClarke, Lorraine, author; Strickland, Cherie, authorCorporate AuthorFriends of Battye Library, issuing body; State Records Office of Western Australia, issuing body, associated nameDescriptionWestern Australia was the last of the Australian colonies to receive transported convicts, the last cohort arriving in Fremantle on the Hougoumont on 9 January 1868. The photographs and profiles in this publication date from the late 1880s until around 1912, and show convicts who returned to the penal system after they had served their original sentences. Quite a few of the men are recidivists who spent much of their lives in the prison system for mainly petty crimes.ImprintNorthbridge, WA : Friends of Battye Library Inc., in association with the State Records Office of Western Australia, [2016].; Â©2016Collation77 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm.LanguageEnglishDate Published2016Notes"... genealogical researchers Lorraine Clarke and Cherie Strickland from Swan Genealogy explored the State Archives Collection, WA's largest archival collection which is preserved and made accessible by the State Records Office of Western Australia"--Introduction.; Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 9780646967417Dewey ClassQB/994 CLAPublication FormatBook

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SubjectFremantle PrisonConvictsBiographyConvict transportationHistory - 1901-1914History - 1880-1899CollectionPublications Collection

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