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New South Wales holds more convict records than any other state. Of the approximately 150,000 convicts transported to Australia from Great Britain between 1788 and 1850, nearly 90,000 of them went to the region of New South Wales, which then covered a substantial portion of Australia.
New South Wales holds more convict records than any other state. Of the approximately 150,000 convicts transported to Australia from Great Britain between 1788 and 1850, nearly 90,000 of them went to the region of New South Wales, which then covered a substantial portion of Australia.
=== First Fleet  ===
The first fleet of ships carrying convicts to Australia arrived first in Tasmania. [http://firstfleet.uow.edu.au/index.html First Fleet Online] contains a searchable database of those in this fleet.<br>


== Handbooks and Guides  ==
== Handbooks and Guides  ==
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