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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. | ||
== History of Transportation to Australia | == History of Transportation to 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. To learn more, read the following articles. *[http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/indexes_online_3357.asp#Convicts Convict Records at State Records NSW] *[http://www.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/convicts.htm Irish Convicts to NSW 1791-1830] *[http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/ifhaa/ships/1stfleet.htm Australia's First Fleet - 1788] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet First Fleet] *[http://www.conviz.info/ Conviz] This registry contains the names of over 123,000 convicts *[http://access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewConsignment&breadcrumbPath=Home/Access%20the%20Collection/Browse%20The%20Collection/Consignment%20Details&entityId=10879&consignment=P0000 Female Prisoners] *[http://access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewConsignment&breadcrumbPath=Home/Access%20the%20Collection/Browse%20The%20Collection/Consignment%20Details&entityId=10867&consignment=P0000 Male Prisoners] By 1829, convicts or ex-convicts made up approximately 65 percent of the population of New South Wales. The ex-convicts had received either a ticket of leave, a certificate of freedom, or a pardon.<br> ♦ [http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=11 Tasmania Convicts] ♦ [http://prov.vic.gov.au/research/prisoners-and-convicts Victoria] Scroll down to 'Digitised Records Online' and select either Male or Female. Some counties in England have records of convicts transported: ♦ [http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/convictssearch.aspx?navCode=3169 Lincolnshire] Enter what you know about the person, when the name(s) are shown, click on the name for more information. ♦ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jdriver/news/Transportations.html Nottinghamshire] Scroll down to the alphabetical list and click on the range for the surname. ♦ [http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/resources/york-assizes/ York Assizes] Scroll down to the alphabetical list and click on the range for the surname. | ||
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. To learn more, read the following articles. | |||
*[http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/indexes_online_3357.asp#Convicts Convict Records at State Records NSW] | |||
*[http://www.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/convicts.htm Irish Convicts to NSW 1791-1830] | |||
*[http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/ifhaa/ships/1stfleet.htm Australia's First Fleet - 1788] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet First Fleet] | |||
*[http://www.conviz.info/ Conviz] This registry contains the names of over 123,000 convicts | |||
*[http://access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewConsignment&breadcrumbPath=Home/Access%20the%20Collection/Browse%20The%20Collection/Consignment%20Details&entityId=10879&consignment=P0000 Female Prisoners] | |||
*[http://access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewConsignment&breadcrumbPath=Home/Access%20the%20Collection/Browse%20The%20Collection/Consignment%20Details&entityId=10867&consignment=P0000 Male Prisoners] | |||
By 1829, convicts or ex-convicts made up approximately 65 percent of the population of New South Wales. The ex-convicts had received either a ticket of leave, a certificate of freedom, or a pardon.<br> | |||
♦ [http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=11 Tasmania Convicts] | |||
♦ [http://prov.vic.gov.au/research/prisoners-and-convicts Victoria] Scroll down to 'Digitised Records Online' and select either Male or Female. | |||
Some counties in England have records of convicts transported: | |||
♦ [http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/convictssearch.aspx?navCode=3169 Lincolnshire] Enter what you know about the person, when the name(s) are shown, click on the name for more information. | |||
♦ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jdriver/news/Transportations.html Nottinghamshire] Scroll down to the alphabetical list and click on the range for the surname. | |||
♦ [http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/resources/york-assizes/ York Assizes] Scroll down to the alphabetical list and click on the range for the surname. | |||
== First Fleet == | == First Fleet == | ||