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Thomas Gwilliam was neighbour and friend of Thomas Cooper in Berry Hill area, Forest of Dean. He was a quarryman.. Thomas Gwilliam, the two Cooper brothers and a fourth person had been drinking at Speech House and then left to poach hares. When Sgt Beard interrupted their activities, they beat him horrifically and he died a week later, but not before he had identified his attackers. This was in 1861 and Thomas, George and Thomas Gwilliam were sentenced at Gloucester Assize to 15 years penal servitude. They left England in 1863 on the Clyde convict ship, arriving in May. They were in the Freemantle Convict Establishment, under a harsh regieme, and were soon put to work, probably at first on road-building (the North Freemante Way) and later on other infrastructure projects. George died in 1865, when he and his brother were drilling a well for the Newcastle (Toodyay) Convict Depot, and a blast went off. George died and was buried in the cemetery; but his brother was released on a ticket a couple of months later. He seems to have headed for Gwalla Mine, where he died in 1867 in another mining explosion.The third convict, Gwilliam had also been released, but was later, aged 50, involved in a case of stealing; he died in 1914.
Submitted by Researcher (8031) on 18 October 2017
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/18, p.520
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