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General

Name Recorded on Register

Date Of Birth

Place Of Birth

Date Of Death

Place Of Death

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Wadjemup Details

Place of Arrest

Date of Arrest

Place of Trial

Committal Date

Sentence

Admission to Fremantle Prison

Admission to Rottnest

Discharge From Rottnest

Discharge From Fremantle

Additional Information

References

Aborigines Department [1]. “Rottnest Prison. Discharged Native Prisoners. Reporting Departure Of.” Item, November 13, 1900. AU WA S3005- cons255 1900/0065. https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/rottnest-prison-discharged-native-prisoners-reporting-departure-of-1900-0065.
Colonial Secretary’s Office. “Registers - General Series 1828-1878.” Register, n.d. Cons554 38.
Green, Neville. Far from Home: Aboriginal Prisoners of Rottnest Island, 1838-1931. University of Western Australia, 1997.
Rottnest Gaol. “Commitment Book: Aboriginal Native Prisoners and Reformatory Boys.” Register, March 19, 1886. AU WA S844- cons1156 OCC 25. https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/commitment-book-occ-25.
Yalgoo Police Station. “Yalgoo Police Station - Charge Book,” December 15, 1899. Cons 1153 57.

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