John Boyle O'Reilly

John Boyle O'Reilly

male, deceased (1890)
John Boyle O'Reilly was an Irish-born poet and novelist. As a youth in Ireland he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, for which crime...
James Wilson

James Wilson

male, deceased (1921)
James Wilson was a Fenian who was transported as a convict to Western Australia. Born James McNally in Newry, County Down, Ireland on February 6...
Martin Cash

Martin Cash

male, deceased (1877)
Martin Cash (c. 1808-10 August 1877) was a notorious convict bushranger known for escaping twice from Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land. His 1870...
Francis Greenway

Francis Greenway

male, deceased (1837)
Francis Greenway was an iconic Australian colonial architect. Greenway was born at Mangotsfield, near the English city of Bristol, where he became...
James Ruse

James Ruse

male, deceased (1837)
James Ruse (1759 - 5 September 1837) was a pioneer of agriculture in Australia. Ruse was born on a farm in Cornwall. In 1782 he was tried at Bodmin...
Lawrence Kavenagh

Lawrence Kavenagh

male, deceased (1846)
Lawrence Kavenagh (c. 1805-12 October 1846) was a convict bushranger known for escaping from Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land the so called escape...
John Williams

John Williams

male
John Williams was a convict transported to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). He is best known as the man with whom Joseph Johns, later to become...
John Eyre

John Eyre

male, deceased (1812)
John Eyre (1771-1812) was an early Australian painter and engraver. A transported convict, Eyre generally focused on urban scenes, giving his...
George Mealmaker

George Mealmaker

male, deceased (1808)
George Mealmaker (February 10, 1768 - March 30, 1808) was a Scottish radical organiser and writer, born in Dundee, Scotland. Like his father before...
Comptroller General Of Convicts

Comptroller General Of Convicts

male
The Comptroller General of Convicts was the head of the convict establishment in Western Australia. The office existed from 1850, when Western...