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James Lloyd (convict)
James Henry Lloyd (1898) was a convict transported to Western Australia, who later became one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers. Born in Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ... in about 1825, nothing is known of his early life. In 1850 he was convicted of stealing a cow, and sentenced to ten years' penal labour. Lloyd was transported to Western Australia on board the ''Robert Small'', which arrived in August 1853. After receiving his ticket of leave, in December 1858 he married Johanna Enright, three of whose brothers were transported on the same ship as Lloyd. In 1866, Lloyd was appointed government schoolmaster at Northam. He taught there until 1887. During that time he became a respected member of the Northam community, serving a secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convict Era Of Western Australia
The convict era of Western Australia was the period during which Western Australia was a penal colony of the British Empire. Although it received small numbers of juvenile offenders from 1842, it was not formally constituted as a penal colony until 1849. Between 1850 and 1868, 9,721 convicts were transported to Western Australia on 43 convict ship voyages. Transportation ceased in 1868, but it was many years until the colony ceased to have any convicts in its care. Convicts at King George Sound The first convicts to arrive in what is now Western Australia were convicts of the New South Wales penal system, sent to King George Sound in 1826 to help establish a settlement there. At that time, the western third of Australia was unclaimed land known as New Holland. Fears that France would lay claim to the land prompted the Governor of New South Wales, Ralph Darling, to send Major Edmund Lockyer, with troops and 23 convicts, to establish the King George Sound settlement. Lockyer's pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
