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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. | ||
==Online Resources== | |||
*'''1787-1867''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70852/ Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*'''1788-1842''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1251 Australia List of Convicts with Particulars, 1788-1842] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1786-1849''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-ships-1786-1849 Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849] at FindMyPast - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1791-1867''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-conditional-and-absolute-pardons-1791-1867 Australia Convict Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867] at FindMyPast - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1824-1874''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-tickets-of-leave-1824-1874 Australia Convict Tickets Of Leave 1824-1874] at FindMyPast - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1829-1879''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8818/ New South Wales, Australia, Sheriff's Papers, 1829-1879] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''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://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://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/family-history/convicts Convict transportation registers database] | |||
*[http://findingaids.nationalarchives.ie/index.php?browse=true&category=18&subcategory=147 Ireland-Australia transportation database, National Archives of Ireland] | |||
*[http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts//index.html Convicts to Australia] | |||
*[https://www.llgc.org.uk/sesiwn_fawr/index_s.htm National Library of Wales, Crime and Punishment database] | |||
=== History of Transportation to Australia === | === History of Transportation to Australia === | ||
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