WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
Nature The World Movies USA Top Art Fine & Rare History Ivy & Inquiry
Moondyne Joe
Videos
Joseph Bolitho Johns, better known as Moondyne Joe, was a Cornish-Welsh convict and Western Australia's best-known bushranger. Born into poor and relatively difficult circumstances, he became somethin
Moondyne Joe
Moondyne Joe
Remnants of a fence and well, built by Moondyne Joe
Remnants of a fence and well, built by Moondyne Joe
Remnants of Moondyne Joe's gate; it was this gate that he used to trap stock
Remnants of Moondyne Joe's gate; it was this gate that he used to trap stock
It has been said[by whom?] that the tales of Moondyne Joe inspired John Boyle O'Reilly to make his daring escape in 1869
It has been said[by whom?] that the tales of Moondyne Joe inspired John Boyle O'Reilly to make his daring escape in 1869
Convicts in Australia
Videos
Between 1788 and 1868 the British penal system transported about 162,000 convicts from Great Britain and Ireland to various penal colonies in Australia.
Convicts in Sydney, 1793, by Juan Ravenet
Convicts in Sydney, 1793, by Juan Ravenet
William Hogarth's Gin Lane, 1751.
William Hogarth's Gin Lane, 1751.
Prison hulks in the River Thames, England, 1814
Prison hulks in the River Thames, England, 1814
The First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay, 21 January 1788, by William Bradley (1802).
The First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay, 21 January 1788, by William Bradley (1802).