Criminal Characters

New @ConversationEDU article out on African-American prisoner in colonial Victoria and his suspicious death #BlackLivesMatter theconversation.com/the-tale-of-ha…

Special issue on Prosecution Project just published - articles by Mark Finnane, @LisaDurnian @BlewerRobyn ,@alana_piper ,Yorick Smaal & Caroline Strange. Plus exhibition reviews by @perkinsy and @MFoster_history and book reviews #ozhist #twitterstorians tandfonline.com/toc/rahs20/51/3

Got a shiny new website for my @ESRC project on Cockatoo Island's Convicts – incl. database of >2500 prisoners & Convict Lives blog! Please check it out 👇👇#twitterstorians #ozhist #HCNet cockatooconvicts.wordpress.com

Help transcribe prison record of William Gilbert, first convicted at 16 years in 1876 #childhist #juvenilejustice criminalcharacters.com

Help transcribe prison record of shoemaker Edward Hoskins, convicted of stealing piece of tweed #LabourHistory #FashionHistory criminalcharacters.com

I’m sharing these images because I’ve seen several tweets claiming that the interracial marriage depicted in the BBC’s #ChristmasCarol (set in 19th century) is PC nonsense & historically inaccurate #thread

Help transcribe prison record of repeat thief George Field #twitterstorians #crimehist criminalcharacters.com

Help transcribe prison record of pickpocket and housemaid Elizabeth Harris #labourhistory #crimhist #HCNet criminalcharacters.com

Help transcribe prison record of May Newman, convicted of larceny #crimhist #crime #history criminalcharacters.com

Help transcribe prison record of Mary Jane Phillips, convicted of attempting to administer #poison #crimhist @dr_vnagy criminalcharacters.com

Interested in #crimhist? Check out this timeline of #crimefiction in #OzHist criminalcharacters.com/resources/crim…

Help transcribe prison record of Lydia Taylor, repeatedly convicted of 1920s-1930s #crime #history criminalcharacters.com

Help transcribe prison record of laundress May Heaton #crimhist #twitterstorians criminalcharacters.com

Help transcribe prison record of Joyce Williams, convicted of perjury, insufficient means, drunk and disorderly & more #crime #history #histwmn criminalcharacters.com

Help transcribe prison record of John Stokes convicted of forgery at Bendigo in 1878 at 62 years old #crimehistory criminalcharacters.com

Help transcribe prison record of John McDonald, a shoemaker convicted of robbery in 1878 #crimhist #twitterstorians criminalcharacters.com

Help transcribe prison record of James Wright, who smuggled a #chubblock (lock tumbler) into #prison criminalcharacters.com

Help transcribe prison record of James Perry, whose wife was also serving time in Melbourne Gaol #familyhistory criminalcharacters.com

Timeline of #crime in #music in #Australia #MusicHistory #twitterstorians criminalcharacters.com/resources/crim…

Check out the #Criminal #Characters meet the offenders #blog #crime #history criminalcharacters.com/blog/