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[[Australia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Australia Convict Records<br>
''[[Australia|Australia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]''


Convicts first arrived in Australia in 1788, when the British government established a penal colony at Port Jackson, Sydney Bay. Records about convicts transported to Australia are numerous and play a major role in Australian family history research.  
Convicts first arrived in Australia in 1788, when the British government established a penal colony at Port Jackson, Sydney Bay. Records about convicts transported to Australia are numerous and play a major role in Australian family history research.  
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