Queensland Convict Records
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
Queensland[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
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. [1]
Redcliffe[edit | edit source]
In 1823, the Governor of New South Wales, Thomas Brisbane, instructed that a new northern penal settlement be developed, and an exploration party led by John Oxley further explored the Moreton Bay area. Oxley recommended Red Cliff Point for the new colony, reporting that ships could land at any tide and easily get close to the shore.
The settlement, along the banks of what is now called Humpybong Creek in Redcliffe town centre, consisted of small, temporary dwellings with gardens and vegetables planted. However the lack of a reliable water supply, attacks by Aboriginal people, large mosquito numbers, and insufficient facilities for safe anchorage meant that the settlement needed to be moved after eight months. The settlement relocated to the banks of the Brisbane River at North Quay, 28 kilometres (17.4 mi) south. Redcliffe was then abandoned, with just a small number of dwellings remaining. Local Aboriginal people called these empty buildings "oompie bongs", anglicised to mean, in reverse, 'dead house', and the name was given to the entire Redcliffe peninsula.<ref>"Redcliffe Peninsula", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcliffe_Peninsula#History, accessed 28 March 2022.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Queensland", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland#European_colonisation, accessed 28 March 2022.