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Every family has its secrets, and they are often revealed in The Police Gazette of Western Australia (1876 onwards), a valuable resource for researching people, police and criminals in Western Australia. Information can be found under various headings:
Saturday 3rd May 2025
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From the April 2025 issue of SROWA News - Djeran The SRO has commenced a long-term project to catalogue all criminal trials that were held in the Court of Quarter Sessions / Supreme Court of WA for the period 1830-1947.
Wednesday 16th October 2024
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When searching for details about a West Australian teacher, I stumbled across a small cache of gold on the Carnamah Historical Society website that deserves mentioning. They have produced the following databases and made them freely available online. Have a rummage through HERE
Friday 6th September 2024
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Thanks, Marcia Watson, for alerting us to the GLAM Workbench. It’s revealed that my paternal great-grandfather was a feminist! In 1894, he signed the South Australian Women’s ...
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Wednesday 20th September 2023
Thursday 14th September 2023
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The convict era of Western Australia was the
Sunday 10th September 2023
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The WA Convicts site now has convicts loaded up to and including the Lincelles.
Ship level links are in for all ships. There is a lot of information for each convict in the ship level links so if your convict doesn't have a page yet, check out the ship level links.
Great work Neil, keep it up!! Posted by Chris, 22/06/2022 8:17:23 pm
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Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Tuesday 25th April 2023
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After I discovered the joys of hunting around the AJCP on Trove thanks to Bevan Carter, I stumbled on the Lancashire Records Office and spotted an entry entitled "Orders for commutation of death sentences to transportation (78pp)". Now my great great great grandfather, Samuel Bradley, had been sentenced to death at Lancaster Castle in ...
Wow!! What a find. AJCP materials are rich in information but daunting to access. I can imagine the elation. Well done for persisting. Posted by Julie Martin, 03/05/2023 3:03:15 pm A fantastic find. What gets me is the superb quality of the paper - no tears or missing edges and beautifully readable. Did you realise that you discovered this just over 99 years since it was written on the 16th April 1824? You're only here because of this piece of paper! A truly significant piece of writing. Posted by Edwina Shooter, 06/05/2023 4:44:46 pm A fantastic find. What gets me is the superb quality of the paper - no tears or missing edges and beautifully readable. Did you realise that you discovered this just over 99 years since it was written on the 16th April 1824? You're only here because of this piece of paper! A truly significant piece of writing. Posted by Edwina Shooter, 06/05/2023 4:57:08 pm Thursday 23rd February 2023
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Initially developed by Steve Howell, in his capacity as the State Library's WA History Specialist, Dead Reckoning remains relevant to all family history researchers endeavouring to understand and access West Australian records. ...
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period during which Western Australia was a penal colony of the British Empire. Although it received small numbers of juvenile offenders
