Australian Convict & Colonial Research - London

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Piccadilly and prostitution, 1901

On list. At London Uni's History Day, had a chat with Royal College of Surgeons about this topic. The College & Hunterian Museum are part of our national story. I cover this briefly on my NPG tour & further on my Marylebone tour. 1st RACS f. 1927. BMA since 1879, Uni Melb Syd med sch since 1860s.

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Funny you say that! I remember going through this very thick family history book & seeing in it people I went to school with in Wynyard. Thankfully my mum was born in Yorkshire so lessened the chances of any issues haha I loved our footy & cricket seasons but never beat being on beach or out bush!

Queen Adelaide Let’s start today with a pub quiz question.  Who was Queen Adelaide? Did you even know Britain once had a Queen Adelaide?   Would it help if I told you that before her engagement to a royal d…

Love learning more about Queen Adelaide (SAust), for many reasons & because she gets left out! Also, anything to do with botanicals excites me. Not a fan of Banks (of course) but he's of much interest & he's there from start to finish on my NPG tour. Loved this! thegardenhistory.blog/2023/09/30/q...

Glad it went well. Was working all day, unf. Been meaning to message you to ask about a poster presentation session, as many conferences hold. It's always great to see project ideas displayed visually in poster format. Just an idea for something we would certainly participate in. Also SEN friendly.

Grassroots footy is what's most important. Always thought it was a shame when it got too big. For me footy will always be the memory of going to games on the NW Coast - Somerset, Wynyard, Forest, Stanley, Irishtown etc, and then local cricket in the warmer weather. Greed never goes well. Shame!!

This is an exciting find: the remains of the building used by the House of Commons as its temporary chamber between 1835 and 1851. If you want to know what that building looked like, see our short article: historyofparliament.com/2025/09/25/t...

What's buried under Peers' Car Park? 🚗

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Authorised by the Crown, plundering of Spanish ships by privateers was pretty much legal in England – officially countries weren't at war. The Spanish did't see things that same way. To them Elizabeth’s Sea Dogs were nothing more than lawless pirates...
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This book sounds super: "He tells in detail how the #breadfruit came to the #Caribbean including the infamous #mutiny on the #Bounty during Captain William #Bligh 's first attempt"...
On my #NPG #London tour I cover Joseph #Banks involvement in this fiasco: www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/arti...

fascinating Covent Garden brothel case at the Old Bailey in 1852. owner punched out a drunken customer who refused to pay 2s (double for two girls) & propped him up against a wall. maid-servant helped and hurried back to 'sheet up' more beds, as "a great many were waiting for the rooms to vacated".

Crashing Waves against rocks painting by Alfred T Bricher

1 of our #Westminster #convicts + her little one drowned off coast of France in the 1833 sinking of Amphitrite. She'd been refused poor relief so was desperate to be transported. What a dreadful time to be alive if you were poor 😥 we'll be telling her story during #Women's #History Month March 2026

Waking the dead in a Dickensian workhouse Archaeologists are digging up the cemetery behind the Strand Union workhouse in Camden – and the remains reveal some grim secrets about the way Victorian society viewed the poor. Sean Russell finds th...

...the most surprising discovery is the sheer number of bodies that have evidence of anatomical dissection. With the passing of the Anatomy Act of 1832, it became legal for surgeons to dissect unclaimed bodies within the #workhouse system... #Strand #London
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Love this!! Thanks for sharing!

Just went on a virtual tour of where I grew up in my teens - the serene seaside village of Hellyer Beach at Rocky Cape, #Tasmania. From there, I ended up in the City of #London searching for the offices of the notorious VDL Company. It's interesting to see where the names of places take you. #Empire

Sheesh! 😩 More lies about Australian convict history to undo. I've certainly got my work cut out for me here. Very frustrating when public funds are used to share "well-researched" information but then stuff is just made up & spread around. Smells like classism. Such a dreadful injustice 😥

cutie!! looking forward to catching up after the new year. Was such a great day and a lovely surprise!! xo

TY to David for telling the shared history of our peoples with such understanding & compassion. It's a painful past that we still navigate to this day. We've inherited this history from #Empire & I don't think we have anything to thank it for. Grateful to be part & sharing my #Irish #convict story

The above 1795 Act we have was attached to an Act about a court on Norfolk Island NSW #Australia There's a big collection of these Acts - 89 covering era of George II & George III on sale through Abe Books for £ 2,740.84
would certainly make for a fascinating read!
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These annuities are so interesting - only if you are interested in loss of the #American #colonies #debt followed by decision to settle #colonise #Australia. We have an original pressing from the act that isn't in this collection: #GeorgeIII 1795 - An Act of raising £18 million! tinyurl.com/5cdjd4v2

There are regular convict descendant "Muster" events each year in Australia & Norfolk Island. Eg: This one is the Lucas Clan in March 2026: australianhistoryresearch.info/nathaniel-ol...
I'm hosting the 1st in London & afield - 2027 / 240 yr anniversary. Dates TBA - talks, walks, workshops, events.

Very cool to see your research! Will share with the Curtin Alumni team. Be great to catch up if you come back to London! x Jodie

I had a fantastic time at last week's Bentham Project's conference at UCL on A Picture of the Treasury!

Did Western Australia have convict women? Of course, just not in the way you might expect!

Beautiful #RichmondBridge in #Tasmania Australia is said to be haunted by the #ghost of George Grover, a brutal ex-convict overseer, by the convicts he oversaw. Also by a small, friendly black dog known as "Grover's dog". A beautiful spot to visit; I know which I'd rather meet. #PhantomsFriday