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The State Records Office is often asked if there are existing photographs of convicts sent to Western Australia. While convicts were not photographed during transportation to WA or upon arrival, photography was still in its early stages in the mid-1800s. However, there are existing photographs of a number of convicts who were later reconvicted

Ancestry

• Doncaster and Surrounding Area, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812
• Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1925
• Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1950
• Doncaster,

Ancestry

• UK, Death Notices, 1980-2022
• UK and Allies, Far East Prisoner of War Portraits, 1939-1945
• Ireland, Midleton Distillery Barley Purchase Books, 1825-1834
• Ireland, Church of Ireland Land Tenure Index, 1878
• Australia, Queensland, Police

Ancestry

• Birmingham, England, Electoral Registers, 1833-1972;
• Suffolk, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
• Suffolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924
• Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages

Ancestry

• Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1950
• Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924
• Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, England, Church of England Deaths

Ancestry

• Birmingham, England, Petty Session Registers, 1892-1923
• London, England, University College Hospital and Middlesex Student Records, 1828-1945
• Australia, Victoria, Crown Land Licenses, 1853 and 1856
• Australia, New South Wales, Penrith, Valuation

Ancestry

• UK, Navy Board and Predecessors Prisoner of War Registers, 1755-1831
• UK, Postal Establishment Books, 1691-1979
• UK, World War II Audio, 1939-1945
• Buckinghamshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1971
• Isle of Man, UK, Civil Birth, Marriage

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:

• apprehensions (name of person

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.
 
This work is part of a larger, ongoing activity to

The SRO has commenced a project to digitise the Colonial Secretary’s Office records held in the State Archives collection. These records are considered the 'backbone' of WA Colonial history and record a wide range of activities about WA  in the 1800s, correspondence with Colonial