Western Australia Character Books, 1850-57 (London convicts)

Western Australian Character Books contain a record of each convict prisoner as they entered the convict establishment at Fremantle. The books were intended to keep a record of the personal details, physical descriptions, and conviction histories of each new arrival, along with information regarding their character prior to and during sentence. The dataset contains records of 358 convicts who were tried in London. The information given includes the name and register number of each convict, the date they arrived in the colony and the prison from which they came, as well as a convict’s age, trade, marital status, and literacy levels. The books also record details of the crime for which a convict was transported, as well as any known previous convictions.

西澳大利亚人物志书籍记录了每位囚犯在弗里曼特尔囚犯设施入所时的详细信息。该书籍旨在保存每位新到访者的个人资料、体貌特征和犯罪史，同时包括他们在服刑前后的性格信息。数据集中包含了在伦敦受审的358位囚犯的记录。所提供的信息包括每位囚犯的姓名和登记编号、抵达殖民地的日期以及他们所来自的监狱，此外还记录了囚犯的年龄、职业、婚姻状况和 literacy levels（识字水平）。书籍中还记载了囚犯被流放的犯罪细节以及任何已知的先前犯罪记录。