Tag: convict

• Dongara Bypass Submission from IDHS

  Ms Leanne Pitcher Community Relations Manager Dongara-Geraldton-Northampton Route Planning Main Roads WA Leanne.pitcher@mainroads.wa.gov.au  Dear Ms Pitcher Further to our phone conversation of 9 March, please find attached a submission concerning…

  25 March 2021

• Mid West Convict Resources

  The IDHS is pleased to have contributed to the Mid West convict database containing the records of 2500 men who were sent to the Mid West region. The searchable database…

  10 December 2019

• Convict Burials

  List of convicts known to be buried at the Dongara Cemetery or in the Irwin Districts. Thanks to our researcher Anne Jefferys.

  9 November 2019

• Policing the Irwin

  Police in the Irwin were initially used to deal with the conflicts that arose between the indigenous people and the European settlers. In late 1854, Magistrate William Burges made the…

  9 March 2019

• Convict Tracks of the Victoria District – The Project

  • About the project
  • The Participants
  • The Comtributors
  • Find Your Convict

  7 March 2019

• Convict Stories

  We know that over 750 convicts were assigned to work in the Irwin Districts.
  Here are some of those men’s stories.

  7 March 2019

• Convict Tracks of the Victoria District – The Exhibition

  • Convict Transport Around The World
  • Transportation to Eastern and Western Australia
  • Colonising the Victoria District
  • Policing and the Dongara Occurrence Books
  • Irwin District Convict Mapping
  • The Ticket-of-Leave

  7 March 2019