Convict Heritage
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In 1823 under
orders from Governor Brisbane, John Oxley the Surveyor-General
of New South Wales, sailed into Moreton Bay in search of a new
penal settlement. After sailing up the mouth of the
river, he selected Redcliffe as a suitable location. In
1824, Lieutenant Henry Miller established Queensland's first
penal colony at the chosen location. Known as the Moreton
Bay Settlement, the colony was later relocated to Brisbane
Town (Brisbane). Free settlers began arriving in 1838
and by 1839 the Moreton Bay Penal Station had closed.
From 1840, Queensland began to prosper as a free settlement.
In December 1859 Queensland formally separated from New South
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Moreton Bay Settlement, Female
Convict Factory, 1829 (NAA)
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Listed below
are databases and resources
pertaining to the convict heritage of Australia.
Databases and transcripts are FREE (F) to view unless otherwise
stated. Databases and transcripts that are FREE to view
but require payment for further information are marked (P).
Databases and transcripts requiring a fee to view are marked with a
dollar sign ($).
Online
Databases & Transcripts | Offline Resources
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Australian
Convict Index, 1788-1868
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Australian Convict Transportation Registers:
First Fleet, 1787-1788
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Australian Convict Transportation Registers: Second Fleet, 1789-1790
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Australian Convict Transportation Registers: Third Fleet, 1791
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Australian Convict Transportation Registers: Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868
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Braidwood
Gaol Entrance Book, 1856-1899 |
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Certificates
of Freedom, 1823-69 |
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Claim-A-Convict |
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Convict
Bank Accounts, 1837-70
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Convict
Deaths & Burials, 1828-1879
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Convict
Exiles, 1849-50
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Convict Savings Bank Books, 1824-1886
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Convict Workers on the Great North Road
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Convicts
of Devon, 1782-1821
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Convicts
of Lancaster
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Convicts
of Lincolnshire,
1788-1868
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Convicts
of Nottingham
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Convicts
of York
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Convicts
Transported from India
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Deaths
& Burials NSW & Norfolk Island, 1788–1810
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First
Fleet Online
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Free
Settler or Felon
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Index
to Bench of Magistrates Cases, 1788-1820
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Ireland-Australia
Transportation Database
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Irish
Convicts to NSW 1791-1834
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List of Convicts on the First Fleet |
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List
of Convicts on the Second Fleet |
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List
of Convicts on the Third Fleet |
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List of Convicts with Particulars, 1788-1842 |
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NSW
& Tasmania Convict Musters, 1806-1849 |
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NSW
& Tasmania Convict Pardons & Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859
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NSW
Convict Women on Ships arriving from England &
Ireland, 1788-1828 |
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Pardons,
1791-1825, 1837-47 |
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Proceedings
of the Old Bailey London, 1674-1834
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Queensland:
Prisoners
in Stewart's Creek Penal Establishment, 1893-1894
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Royal Admiral, 1792
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South
Australia: Transported Convicts
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Tasmania:
Cascades (Hobart) Female Factory Convicts
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Tasmania:
Convict Passengers and Sailors, 1828-1823
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Tasmania: Convict Sailors, 1823-1828
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Tasmania:
Index to Convict Applications For Permissions to Marry, 1829-1857
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Tasmania:
Index to Tasmanian Convicts, 1804-1853
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Tickets of
Exemption from Government Labor, 1827-32 |
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Tickets
of Leave, Certificates of Emancipation and Pardons,
1810-19 |
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Tickets
of Leave, Passports, 1835-69 |
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Western
Australia: Convict Database |
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Western
Australia: Convicts, 1850-1868 |
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Women
Convicts in Governor Hunter's Assignment Report,
1798 |
Online
Databases & Transcripts | Offline
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Research Guides
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Applications
for admission into the Orphan Schools, 1825-33
Petitions of parents (usually widows or widowers) or
guardians of destitute or orphaned children begging that
the child or children named in the petition be admitted
to the Orphan Schools.
Available
from:
State
Records NSW, Sydney Records Centre, 2 Globe Street, The Rocks, NSW 2001
REF: NRS 782, Reel 2776 part (Format: Microfilm)
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Applications
for children out of the Orphans Schools, 1825-33
Letters, memorials and petitions addressed to the Orphan
School committee by prospective employers wanting
apprentices, and by parents or guardians requesting that
children be returned to their custody.
Available
from:
State
Records NSW, Sydney Records Centre, 2 Globe Street, The Rocks, NSW 2001
REF: NRS 783, Reels 2776 part & 2777 part (Format:
Microfilm)
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Colonial Secretary Correspondence:
main series of letters received, 1788-1826
Includes letters and petitions received from officials
and private persons in the colony.
Available
from:
State
Records NSW, Sydney Records Centre, 2 Globe Street, The Rocks, NSW 2001
REF: NRS 897 (Format: Microfilm)
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Colonial Secretary Correspondence: petitions to
Governor from convicts for mitigations of sentences, 1810-26
Includes letters and
petitions received from officials and private persons in
the colony.
Available
from:
State
Records NSW, Sydney Records Centre, 2 Globe Street, The Rocks, NSW 2001
REF: NRS 900 (Format: Microfilm & Fiche)
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Colonial Secretary Correspondence:
special bundles, 1794-1825
Available
from:
State
Records NSW, Sydney Records Centre, 2 Globe Street, The Rocks, NSW 2001
(Format: Microfilm)
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Female
Orphan School Admission books, 1817-32
Contains name, age on admission, date admitted, time of
leaving the School, names of parents (where known),
parents' occupations, residence and remarks.
Available
from:
State
Records NSW, Sydney Records Centre, 2 Globe Street, The Rocks, NSW 2001
REF: NRS 793, Reel 2777 part (Format: Microfilm)
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From
Cook to Convicts
By John Darkin, Wollombi, Exisle Publishing Ltd, 2007
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: 919.404/ 72 (Format:
Print)
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Guide to
Assigned Convicts of the Paterson, Gresford Area, 1821-1838
Researched and compiled by Donald A. Readford; refers to
convicts assigned to land owners in the Paterson, Vacy
and the Gresford.
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Q929.39442/ 35 (Format:
Print)
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Index to Colonial
Convict Movements, 1827-1853
Movements of 10,000 convicts in the colony of New South
Wales (including Moreton Bay) and Van Diemen's Land from
1827 to 1853; covers both transported convicts and
criminals convicted in the colony.
Available
from:
State
Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank
Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank,
Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)
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Index to Convicts
who arrived in NSW, 1788-1842 (including ships)
Convicts who arrived in NSW (and some in Van Diemen's
Land) between 1788 and 1842 and to the ships that
transported them; provides convict's name or alias,
arrival date, ship name, fiche no., film no., and shelf
number.
Available
from:
State
Library of Queensland, State Library South Bank
Collections, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank,
Brisbane. (Format: CDRom)
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Indexes
to Ships Arrived, 1837-1925
Records name and type of vessel, and date of its
arrival. They relate to vessels arriving in Sydney only.
Available
from:
State
Records NSW, Sydney Records Centre, 2 Globe Street, The Rocks, NSW 2001
REF: NRS 13277, Reels 2502-2503A (Format: Microfilm)
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Male
Orphan School Admission books, 1819-33
record the names of boys admitted from the date of
establishment of the School in January 1819.
Available
from:
State
Records NSW, Sydney Records Centre, 2 Globe Street, The Rocks, NSW 2001
REF: NRS 796, Reel 2777 part (Format: Microfilm)
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Masters
and Convicts: Murramarang and Ulladulla
By Cathy Dunn, Milton, 2006
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Q929.39447/ 29 (Format:
Print)
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NSW Colonial Convict Movements Index, 1827- 1853
Convict movements in the Colony of New South Wales
(encompassing New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and
Victoria).
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Ref: 1/MAV/DISC 10/358 (Format:
Networked CD-ROM)
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NSW
Convicts & Employers Index 1828, 1832-33, 1838 &
JAN 1844
Index of 22,574 records from the NSW Government
Gazette of assignments, absconders, absconders
apprehended and a small list of those with their Ticket
of Leave cancelled.
Available
from:
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. (Format: Networked CD-ROM) |
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NSW Convicts Permission To Marry Index,
1826-1852)
Alphabetical list of convicts including age, ship,
sentence and status, spouse, spouse's age, ship,
sentence, status, year, name of clergy and district of
the marriage.
Available
from:
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000.
(Format: Networked CD-ROM) |
Collector
of Customs, Sydney/ New South Wales
Quarantine Station, North Head (New South Wales);
from 9 April 1827
Available
from:
National
Archives of Australia (NAA), 120 Miller Road,
Chester Hill, NSW 2162 REF: Sydney, CA 785 (Format:
Print) |
Register
of Ships: Arrivals & Departures, Port of Sydney
Contents date from 2 Jan 1841 to 28 Feb 1922
Available
from:
National
Archives of Australia (NAA), 120 Miller Road,
Chester Hill, NSW 2162 REF: Sydney, SP729/1 (Format:
Bound Volumes) |
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Tasmanian
Convicts Index
References to locally convicted individuals (up to 1893) who may have arrived free, were born in Tasmania or were former convicts whose original sentence had expired.
Available
from:
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000. REF: (Format: Ask at the Family History
Desk) |
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The
Crimes and Lives of the Convicts arriving in Sydney on the Salamander, 1791
Compiled by Members of the Tomaree Family History Group,
Corlette, 2006.
Available
from:
Mitchell Library,
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia. Q929.3944/ 58 (Format:
Print)
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