LibGuides: Australian convict records: Australia

Useful websites

Convict transportation registers database
State Library of Queensland database listing 123,000 of the estimated 160,000 convicts sent to Australia 1788 - 1868.
First Fleet Online
University of Wollongong database for 780 convicts in the First Fleet, 1788.
Genealogylinks.net
International genealogy links including links to convict information.
Ireland - Australia Transportation Records - Index
Irish convicts sent to Australia 1788 - 1856 from the Irish National Archives.
Records of the Old Bailey
Database of records for the "Old Bailey", London's Central Criminal Court, 1674-1913.
People convicted to transportation in South Australian courts
Convicts sentenced in South Australian courts and sent to eastern convict prisons.
Convict Records
Free website with option to add your own information.

Irish transportation records

Irish transportation records of convicts transported to Australia between 1788 and 1856
Microfilm held in the State Library's Family History area, created through the Australian Joint Copying Project, using British records.

Convict arrival dates

New South Wales	1788 - 1850
Queensland	1824 - 1839
Tasmania	1803 - 1853
Victoria	1803 - 1849
Western Australia	1850 - 1868

Books in the State Library

Bound for Botany Bay : British convict voyages to Australia by Alan Brooke and David Brandon
Publication Date: 2005
Britain's convicts to the colonies by Wilfrid Oldham
Publication Date: 1990
Convict families that made Australia : containing genealogical details of ... convicts, their wives, children & grandchildren by C. J. Smee
Publication Date: 1999

Incomplete listing of convicts arriving in NSW 1821-1830.
Convict records in Australia by Cora Num
Publication Date: 2007
SA convicts sentenced to transportation 1837-1851 by Graham Jaunay
Publication Date: 1995

Background information to database of convicts sentenced in SA courts to be transported to convict prisons in the other states.

Medical Officer at Port Arthur

Painting of Dr James Weston of Adelaide, wife Miriam and daughter Fanny, by an unnamed convict artist. Dr Weston was stationed at Port Arthur between 1844 to 1849. (B 11268)

History websites

Convicts to Australia
Comprehensive guide to researching convict ancestors compiled by the Perth Dead Persons Society.
Hyde Park Barracks
Australia's first government-built convict barracks, Sydney.
National Archives (U.K.) research guide
Researching convict history in the British National Archives.
Port Cities London - prison hulks
History and daily life on the British prison hulks.

Australian convict records: Australia

Useful websites

Irish transportation records

Convict arrival dates

Books in the State Library

Medical Officer at Port Arthur

History websites

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