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Australia was first settled in 1788, when the British government established a penal colony at Port Jackson, Sydney Bay. As a result, records about convicts transported to Australia are numerous and play a major role in Australian family history research. | Australia was first settled in 1788, when the British government established a penal colony at Port Jackson, Sydney Bay. As a result, records about convicts transported to Australia are numerous and play a major role in Australian family history research. | ||
Indexes and records of convicts are available in a variety of formats including microfiche, microfilm, book and CD. Some indexes and guides are available on the internet and generally provide information for further research in material in State Archives and libraries. See:<br | Indexes and records of convicts are available in a variety of formats including microfiche, microfilm, book and CD. Some indexes and guides are available on the internet and generally provide information for further research in material in State Archives and libraries. See:<br>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/index.html Convicts to Australia - A Guide to Researching your Convict Ancestors] | ||
This site contains a searchable database of 780 First Fleet convicts: [http://cedir.uow.edu.au/programs/FirstFleet/ First Fleet | This site contains a searchable database of 780 First Fleet convicts: [http://cedir.uow.edu.au/programs/FirstFleet/ First Fleet Online ] | ||
<br | <br>Ships that transported convicts: Ships of the First Fleet | ||
Convicts from Ireland: Ireland-Australia Transportation Records, 1791-1853 | Convicts from Ireland: Ireland-Australia Transportation Records, 1791-1853 | ||
The punishment of "transportation" for a crime tried in London by the Old Bailey Court resulted in exile to Australia after the American Revolutionary War. The website below is searchable by several catagories including by name for the punishment of Transportation:<br | The punishment of "transportation" for a crime tried in London by the Old Bailey Court resulted in exile to Australia after the American Revolutionary War. The website below is searchable by several catagories including by name for the punishment of Transportation:<br>[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/luceneweb/hri3/hitlist_bailey.jsp?mode=bailey&table=cvp&ot=&os=&vt=&vs=&ps=cat_pt+=+12&c_date=&v_sur=&vg=&d_sur=&dg=&min_age=&max_age=&min_month=00&min_year=&max_month=13&max_year=&sf= Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1834] | ||
A partial index of convicts arriving in Australia is available at: [http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/page2.html Claim a Convict. | A partial index of convicts arriving in Australia is available at: [http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/page2.html Claim a Convict. ] | ||
'''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. The following is a guide to the convict records held by the Archives Office: | '''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. The following is a guide to the convict records held by the Archives Office: | ||
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'''Victoria and Queensland''' did not become separate, self-governing colonies until after convict transportation to eastern Australia ceased. Thus, these areas do not have convict records. Technically, during the transportation era, no convicts were transported to the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, however convicts did find their way to the District. Please observe the copyright requirements for the following site: [http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide057/PROVguide057.jsp PRO Victoria - Convict Records] | '''Victoria and Queensland''' did not become separate, self-governing colonies until after convict transportation to eastern Australia ceased. Thus, these areas do not have convict records. Technically, during the transportation era, no convicts were transported to the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, however convicts did find their way to the District. Please observe the copyright requirements for the following site: [http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide057/PROVguide057.jsp PRO Victoria - Convict Records] | ||
'''Western Australia Convicts: '''[http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa.html Swan River Convicts 1850-1868] | '''Western Australia Convicts:'''[http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa.html Swan River Convicts 1850-1868] | ||
The Family History Library has copies of the following:<br | The Family History Library has copies of the following:<br>''Guide to the convict records in the Archives Office of New South Wales''. Sydney, Australia: The Archives Authority, 1970. (Family History Library Call No. [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=152914&disp=Guide+to+the+convict+records+in+the+Arch&columns=*,180,0 994.4 A35g]No. 14 or on Microfilm No. [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*,180,0&titleno=152914&disp=Guide+to+the+convict+records+in+the+Arch++ 908277 Item 1].) | ||
Records about convicts are found under several headings in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Records about convicts are found under several headings in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||
[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=983182&subject_disp=Australia+-+Convict+records&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - CONVICT RECORDS]<br | [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=983182&subject_disp=Australia+-+Convict+records&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - CONVICT RECORDS]<br>Additional Convict Records are available by adding a State to the Place Search: AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - Convict Records | ||
[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=551638&subject_disp=Australia+-+Correctional+institutions&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS]<br | [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=551638&subject_disp=Australia+-+Correctional+institutions&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS]<br>The Family History Library has a large collection of records generated by correctional institutions. Correctional institutions, including jails and penal colonies, created many valuable genealogical records. Such records include jail entrance and charge books, musters of convicts and prisoners, registers of sentences and punishments, registers of prisoner conduct, petitions for mitigation of sentences, and registers of sentences remitted or commuted. Additional Correctional Institutions records are available by adding a State or Town to the Place Search: AUSTRALIA - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AUSTRALIA, [STATE]. | ||
Additional Australia topics include:<br>[[Australia Census]] | |||
[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=477045&subject_disp=Australia+-+Court+records&columns=*,180,0 COURT RECORDS] | [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=477045&subject_disp=Australia+-+Court+records&columns=*,180,0 COURT RECORDS] | ||
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The following books are good sources for further information about convicts and the English penal and transportation systems: | The following books are good sources for further information about convicts and the English penal and transportation systems: | ||
Bateson, Charles. ''The Convict Ships''. Second Edition. Glasgow, Scotland: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1969. (Family History | Bateson, Charles. ''The Convict Ships''. Second Edition. Glasgow, Scotland: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1969. (Family History Library Call Number[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*,180,0&callno=994+H2b 994 H2b].) | ||
Cobley, John F. C. C. ''The Crimes of the First Fleet Convicts''. Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1970. (Family History | Cobley, John F. C. C. ''The Crimes of the First Fleet Convicts''. Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1970. (Family History Library Call Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*,180,0&callno=994+P2c 994 P2c].) | ||
Hughes, Robert. ''The Fatal Shore''. New York, NY, USA: Alfred A. Knoft, 1987. (Family History | Hughes, Robert. ''The Fatal Shore''. New York, NY, USA: Alfred A. Knoft, 1987. (Family History Library Call Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=523824&disp=The+fatal+shore&columns=*,180,0 994 H2hr].) | ||
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