William Jones (Australian convict)

William Frederick Jones (1827 – 16 February 1871) was a convict transported to Western Australia, and later became one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers.

Born in 1827, Jones was the mate on a trading ship in his youth.

He eventually qualified as a ship's master, but in March 1856 he arrived in Western Australia on board the William Hammond, having been transported for fifteen years for uttering a forged bank note.

After receiving his ticket of leave, he was appointed a school teacher at Picton.

In April 1861 he married an Irish immigrant girl named Rose Ann Breen.