This is an Australian portal page similar to the Occupations Portal, with two separate lists, Crime and Punishment.

Please add persons who committed crimes and were deported to Australia, the crimes can have been committed anywhere, the punishment must have taken place in Australia.

When we work in migration areas, often the occupation, place born and in many cases in Australia the crime and punishment. At this stage it would be desirable to record all of this in lists, which projects provide for us. Combined with the interactive project The History Link we can see who of our ancestors were accused of crimes and how they were punished.

Profiles will need to be added to both the "crime" and "punishment" project that is appropriate. If its not here, create the project, you don't have to write much as the main purpose here is the list and the link next to the profile.

Crime

Larceny

• Petty Larceny (stole food, clothing and small amounts of money with no violence)
• Larceny (stole greater amounts)
• Robbery, House breaking with violence
• Poaching
• Stealing cattle, horses or sheep (livestock)

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Arson

• Set fire to a house
• Set fire to a haystack

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Deserter

• Deserter - South Australia
• Deserter - Western Australia

Political

• Part of a rebellion

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Break and Enter

Fraud

Intent to Murder

• Firing with murderous intent (discharging a firearm with intent to kill)

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Manslaughter

Attempted Murder - Grievous Bodily Harm

Murder

Punishment

Deportation

• Deported - Seven Years
• Deported - Twenty Years
• Deported - Life

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Prison

• Prison - Seven Years
• Prison - Twenty Years
• Prison - Life
• Hard Labor

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Internment Camps

• Wartime internment camps in Australia

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Executed

• Capital Punishment Portal
  • Hangings Please also add persons to "cause of death" as in "Hangings".
    • Executed - New South Wales
    • Executed - Northern Territory - Territories and Islands
    • Executed - Queensland
    • Executed - South Australia
    • Executed - Tasmania
    • Executed - Victoria
    • Executed - Western Australia

Lists and references on WikiPedia

Sources

• Family Search images of Adelaide gaol convictions with Index of persons and pages (the link on the site has %20/ on end that needs to be removed for it to work)

Related Projects

• Executioners

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This project is included in The History Link Project - Trace your ancesters! you can add projects here