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Queensland Convict Records

Online Resources

Queensland

• Convict transportation registers database - Index, State Library of Queensland
• 1824-1839 - Queensland Convict Register Index 1824-1839 at FindMyPast, index ($)
• 1863-1936 - Queensland, St Helena Convict Index 1863-1936 Index ($)
• 1864-1906 Australia, Queensland, Toowoomba, Prison Records Index, 1864-1906 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Australia Records

• 1786-1849 Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849 at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
• 1787-1867 Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1788-1842 Australia List of Convicts with Particulars, 1788-1842 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1791-1867 Australia Convict Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867 at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
• 1791-1868 - Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 at Ancestry, Index ($)
• 1824-1874 Australia Convict Tickets Of Leave 1824-1874(*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: FindMyPast($)
• 1829-1879 - New South Wales, Australia, Sheriff's Papers, 1829-1879 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1838-1912 Australia, South Australia, Prison Records, 1838-1912 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Australia's First Fleet
• First Fleet Online
• Australia's Second Fleet
• Australia's Third Fleet
• Ireland-Australia transportation database, National Archives of Ireland
• Convict Records of Australia
• Library of Wales, Crime and Punishment database
• Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1834 The punishment of transportation for a crime tried in London by the Old Bailey Court resulted in exile to Australia. The site can be search by several categories, including by name for the punishment resulting in transportation.

Historical Background

In 1823, John Oxley, a British explorer, sailed north from what is now Sydney to scout possible penal colony sites in Gladstone (then Port Curtis) and Moreton Bay. At Moreton Bay, he found the Brisbane River. He returned in 1824 and established a penal settlement at what is now Redcliffe. The settlement, initially known as Edenglassie, was then transferred to the current location of the Brisbane city centre. In 1839, transportation of convicts was ceased, culminating in the closure of the Brisbane penal settlement.

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