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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

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Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 Index ($)
Australia Convict Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867 Index ($)
Fremantle, Western Australia Prison Convict Database Index
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788 Index ($)
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Second Fleet, 1789-1790 Index ($)
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Third Fleet, 1791 Index ($)
Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930 Index ($)
Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Index ($)

Australia Records[edit | edit source]

1786-1849 Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849 at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
1787-1867 Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867 at Ancestry - index ($)
1788-1842 Australia List of Convicts with Particulars, 1788-1842 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
1791-1867 Australia Convict Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867 at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
1791-1868 - Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 at Ancestry, Index ($)
1824-1874 Australia Convict Tickets Of Leave 1824-1874(*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: FindMyPast($)
1829-1879 - New South Wales, Australia, Sheriff's Papers, 1829-1879 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
1838-1912 Australia, South Australia, Prison Records, 1838-1912 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
Australia's First Fleet
First Fleet Online
Australia's Second Fleet
Australia's Third Fleet
Ireland-Australia transportation database, National Archives of Ireland
Convict Records of Australia
Library of Wales, Crime and Punishment database
Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1834 The punishment of transportation for a crime tried in London by the Old Bailey Court resulted in exile to Australia. The site can be search by several categories, including by name for the punishment resulting in transportation.

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 ==Online Resources==
 ===Western Australia===
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1180 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868] Index ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-conditional-and-absolute-pardons-1791-1867 Australia Convict Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867] Index ($)
 *[https://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/item/4417 Fremantle, Western Australia Prison Convict Database] Index
-*'''1846-1930''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60668 Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930] at Ancestry, Index ($)
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1177 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788] Index ($)
-*'''1848-1900''' {{FSC|237756|item|disp=General register of convicts, 1848-1900}} at FamilySearch, images.
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1178 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Second Fleet, 1789-1790] Index ($)
-*'''1850-1862''' {{FSC|237829|item|disp=Character book register, 1850-1862}} at FamilySearch, images.
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1179 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Third Fleet, 1791] Index ($)
-*'''1852-1868''' {{FSC|234425|item|disp=Printed list of convicts, 1852-1868}} at FamilySearch, images.
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60668 Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930] Index ($)
-*'''1856-1858''' {{FSC|234421|item|disp=Register of reconvicted prisoners, 1856-1859}} at FamilySearch, images.
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5517 Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868] Index ($)
-*'''1856-1861''' {{FSC|234414|item|disp=Ticket of leave register, 1856-1861}} at FamilySearch, images.
+===Australia Records===
-*'''1861-1863''' {{FSC|234417|item|disp=Probationer register, 1861-1863}} at FamilySearch, images.
+*'''1786-1849''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-ships-1786-1849 Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849] at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
+*'''1787-1867''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70852/ Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867] at Ancestry - index ($)
+*'''1788-1842''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1251 Australia List of Convicts with Particulars, 1788-1842] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
+*'''1791-1867''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-conditional-and-absolute-pardons-1791-1867 Australia Convict Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867] at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
+*'''1791-1868''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1180 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868] at Ancestry,  Index ($)
+*'''1824-1874''' {{RecordSearch|3499251|Australia Convict Tickets Of Leave 1824-1874}}(*) at FamilySearch - [[Australia, Convict Tickets of Leave - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images; ''Also at: [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-tickets-of-leave-1824-1874 FindMyPast]($)''
+*'''1829-1879''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8818/ New South Wales, Australia, Sheriff's Papers, 1829-1879] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
+*'''1838-1912''' {{RecordSearch|2613137|Australia, South Australia, Prison Records, 1838-1912}} at FamilySearch - [[Australia, South Australia, Prison Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
+*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/1stflt.htm Australia's First Fleet]
+*[http://firstfleet.uow.edu.au/index.html First Fleet Online]
+*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/2ndflt.htm Australia's Second Fleet]
+*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/3rdflt.txt Australia's Third Fleet]
+*[http://findingaids.nationalarchives.ie/index.php?browse=true&category=18&subcategory=147 Ireland-Australia transportation database, National Archives of Ireland]
+*[https://convictrecords.com.au/ Convict Records of Australia]
+*[https://crimeandpunishment.library.wales/sf_s.php Library of Wales, Crime and Punishment database]
+*[http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1834] The punishment of transportation for a crime tried in London by the Old Bailey Court resulted in exile to Australia. The site can be search by several categories, including by name for the punishment resulting in transportation.
-==Finding Records==
-===Archives===
-'''State Records Office of Western Australia'''<br>
-Francis Street<br>
-PERTH WA 6000<br>
-Australia<br>
-<br>
-Telephone: 61 8 9427 3600<br>
-Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au<br>
-*[https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/state-records-office-of-western-australia/research-using-state-archives Research using State Archives]
-*[https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/state-records-office-of-western-australia/convicts Convicts] The State Records Office holds comprehensive sets of records relating to convicts transported to Western Australia between 1850 and 1868.
-== Types of Convict Records  ==
-=== Tickets of Leave Butts  ===
-*'''Tickets of leave''' were issued to convicts having served about half of their sentences with good behavior.
-*These tickets '''allowed convicts to seek employment''' as they wished but '''limited their movement to a certain district''' for the remainder of their sentences.
-*Prior to 1828, bench magistrates granted tickets of leave and approved applications for convicts to marry.
-*The actual ticket of leave was issued to the convict; '''the government retained the ticket of leave butts'''.
-*'''Ticket of leave butts listed the convict’s name, ship, and date of arrival, native place, trade or calling, date and place of trial and sentence, a physical description, and the district to which he or she was confined.'''
-=== Certificates of Freedom  ===
-*A '''certificate of freedom''' was a document stating that a '''convict's sentence had been served''' and was usually given to convicts with a 7, 10 or 14 year sentence or when they received a pardon.
-*Convicts with a '''life sentence''' could receive a Pardon, but not a Certificate of Freedom.
-*The Certificate of Freedom number was sometimes '''annotated on the indent or noted on a Ticket of Leave Butt.'''
-*The government retained certificates of freedom butts, which were similar to ticket of leave butts.
-=== Pardons  ===
-*Both '''conditional and absolute pardons''' were generally '''granted to convicts with life sentences'''.
-*'''Conditional pardons''' required that the ex-convict '''never return to the British Isles''' or his or her pardon would be void.
-*'''Absolute pardons''' allowed an ex-convict to return to the British Isles if he or she wished.
-*'''Pardon records''' contain information similar to tickets of leave: the convict’s name, ship, and date of arrival, native place, trade or calling, date and place of trial and sentence, a physical description, and the district to which he or she was confined.'''
-=== Convict indents  ===
-*Convict indents were lists that were made when convicts arrived on transport ships.
-*Information given in indents is similar to that in tickets of leave but also includes a convict’s marital status and number of children and whether the convict was literate.
-==For Further Reading==
-===FamilySearch Library===
-Additional sources are listed in the '''FamilySearch Catalog:'''
-*{{FSC|Australia, Western Australia - Convict records|subject|subject-id=405930227|disp=Australia, Western Australia - Convict records}}
-*{{FSC|Australia, Western Australia - Convict records - Indexes|subject|subject-id=1020276480|disp=Australia, Western Australia - Convict records - Indexes}}
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