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The aim of the Convict group is to conduct meetings for members of the Society who have a special interest in Convicts. Information on the convict system can be disseminated and members can gain a broader knowledge of the convict system and the records available for research.

Join the Convict Group

To join the Convict Group you must be a financial member of the Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. or the Affiliated Organisations.

Our interests cover convicts sent to all states of Australia and the Parkhurst Prison boys.

Membership costs $10 per year. (1st April to 31st March)

Convict Links is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. Members are encouraged to submit articles on their research or items of interest.

Members' Interests. The group maintains a database of convicts submitted by present and past members. (see below)

Download our Application Form to join:
pdf Convict Group Application Form (46.88 Kb)

Newsletter only

Interested persons may subscribe to the newsletter for an annual fee of $10 (April 1st to March 31st).

See above for the Application Form

Publications

For many years now the Convict Group has been involved in indexing projects.

Have a look at our: pdf WAGS Microfiche Catalogue (114.95 Kb) under the Convict Records section for details of the available items.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 September 2010 )

Contacts and Next Meeting - Convict

<< WAGS Convict Forum

The group meets quarterly on the second Sunday of January, April, July and October at 1.30pm. Meeting place is WAGS, Unit 4/48 May Street, Bayswater.

Contact

Convenor: Audrey Holland

Email: Convenor - Convict SIG

Next Meeting/s - Have a look at:

WAGS Event Calendar

Convict SIG Events List ...

Sunday 1st April 2012.

Unit 4 at WAGS, 1:30pm.

2012 Meeting dates:

Sunday 08 July 2012

Sunday 14 October 2012

Last Updated ( Thursday, 19 January 2012 )

Convict Research

pdf Research Checklist for Records held in WA (207.18 Kb)

pdf Details of Convict & Prison Records available under the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) (154.27 Kb)

Web Sites - we have a number of Convict sites in our: Genealogy Links page, select "Convict" in Category Column drop down list.

Research by the Convict Group

Convict Group members will carry out limited research on relevant books and convict microfiche indexes. Where applicable, photocopies of relevant material from microfilms will be supplied.

For all research enquires please contact the This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .

Research Costs

Before any research is undertaken a $10 deposit, or full payment, and a mailing address are required.

Research Fees

WAGS Members, the research fee is $15
Non-members, the research fee is $25

Last Updated ( Thursday, 09 December 2010 )

Convict Group Members' Interests

Members' Interests of Current and Past members of the Convict Group are shown on the next page, click on Read more... below.

If you wish to contact a Current member, researching the same convict, please email the Convenor. Your details will be passed onto that member.

Convicts researched by Past members are also included in the Members' Interests. We no longer have contact details of past members; however the names only of these members can be given.

For further detail please email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

WANTED - Convicts

Copies of photographs of WA Convicts
We are putting together a collection of photographs and histories of convicts transported to Western Australia.

If you have a photo of your convict ancestor and you are willing to share your treasure with others, please email the Convenor by clicking on the link at the top of this page.

Joseph Ronald STODDART
No. 4513
Convicted of theft in Edinburgh, in 1857,
and sentenced to 15 years.
He arrived in Fremantle on
1st January 1858 per convict ship Nile.

(Photograph supplied by a descendant)

Last Updated ( Friday, 13 January 2012 )

Forced Labour for the West

Andrew Gill, in his book Forced Labour for the West: Parkhurst convicts ‘apprenticed' in Western Australia 1842 - 1851, has listed all the Parkhurst boys who arrived in WA before the ‘official' convicts. Andrew has kindly allowed the WAGS Convict Group to place the details of each of these convicts from his book on our website.

Andrew Gill's books on the Parkhurst apprentices have much more information on the system and most libraries have copies. They are available from Andrew; he can be contacted by email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

This index of Parkhurst Boys is part of the data supplied by Andrew - We will be adding more detail shortly

Click here to view the index of Parkhurst Boys

Sources

The details he has gathered are from the Parkhurst Register (HO 24/15) and the bi-annual tabular returns of the Guardian of Government Juvenile Immigrants (CO 18/34-60).

Last Updated ( Sunday, 15 January 2012 )

Trials and Tribulations

Articles from past editions of the Convict Links and other items of interest are available (in PDF format) on the links below. Additional items will be made available from time to time, so be sure to check back to see what has been added.

Convict Links is the newsletter of the Convict Special Interest Group of the Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc.

Some of these articles now appear on our WAGS Tales pages, as below:

The Elegant Spade - Alexander Wilson (3769)

Finding our Convict - Charles Whitehurst (704)