[sonny]

 

[M.R.Victor]

What a great shot. Looks more like a painting than a photograph. Love it!

 

[sonny]

Thanks for that, yes it is rather surreal.

 

[sonny]

Tasmanian convicts

Australian convicts photographed in Victoria c.1860; this identification of the two men is inaccurate–see comments below. Between 1788 and 1868, Britain shipped a total of 165,000 such men to the penal colonies it established on the continents’ east and the west coasts. During the colonies’ first quarter-century, several hundred of these men escaped, believing that a walk of as little as 150 miles would take them to freedom in China.

 

[sonny]

Mayhaps one of your ancestors was sent to Van Diemen's Land land , use the below link to check.

http://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/index.php/convicts/convicts-lists


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tmHbMzAfEc

 

[sonny]

Convict Records

http://coraweb.com.au/convict.htm


http://prisonerpics.blogspot.com.au/