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Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1788 to 1967 - Convictions

Black Sheep Search

Publications for sale, convict & criminal research, 1780-1900 and convict prison hulks. Including machine breakers, rioters & protestors.

Claim a Convict

Online searchable index to over 20,000 of the convicts arriving at Port Jackson, NSW, Australia from 1788 onwards. Claim your convict today or contact fellow researchers through the site.

Convict Connections

An interest group of the Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc., located in Brisbane, Australia. Information about convict and colonial times in Australia including names of convicts being researched by members.

Convict Gangs in 1821

Alphabetical list of names for 3,217 men, women and children who were issued with rations in Sydney on Saturday September 8, 1821.

Convict Records of Australia

Search the British Convict transportation register for convicts transported to Australia between 1787-1867.

Convict Ships Index - Free Settler or Felon?

Details of convict ship voyages to New South Wales 1788 - 1840.

Convicts to Australia: A Guide To Researching Your Convict Ancestors

In depth information and lists of convicts, ships, a timeline and convict's stories.

Criminal Characters - Zooniverse

Tracking the life histories and criminal careers of Australian prisoners. (The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research.)

Criminals and Convicts: British, Irish and Australian crooks plus a murder trial in USA

Carol Baxter, the history detective, has spent decades researching and writing about British and Australian criminals and convicts. Here she provides information to help you in your own "criminal" journey.

Digital Panopticon - Tracing London Convicts in Britain & Australia, 1780-1925

This website allows you to search millions of records from around fifty datasets, relating to the lives of 90,000 convicts from the Old Bailey. Use the site to search individual convict life archives, explore and visualise data, and learn more about crime and criminal justice in the past.

Fellowship of First Fleeters

An organisation composed of descendants of those who arrived in Sydney Cove with the First Fleet on 26 January 1788. Aim to spread knowledge about our eary history for future generations. Australia, New South Wales, Australian Convicts.

Female Convicts Research Centre

Promotes interest in the female convicts of Van Diemen

How to look for records of... Criminal transportation

Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom.

International Centre for Convict Studies

For the study of penal transportation and convict experience within the British Empire from 1600-1940.

Lincolnshire Convicts Transported to Australia, Gibraltar and Bermuda

Lincolnshire Archives Index of Convict Records 1788 - 1868.

Penal transportation records: Ireland to Australia, 1788–1868

From the National Archives, Dublin, Ireland.

Queensland State Archives | Convicts and early settlers

Chronological register of convicts 1824-1839; St Helena convict indexes 1863-1936; Toowoomba prisoners indexes 1864-1906.

Society of Australian Genealogists - NSW Ships' Musters 1816-1825

This index is derived from musters of passengers and crew on departing ships, 1816-1825.

Society of Australian Genealogists - NSW Tickets of Leave 1810-1875

This index is derived from the butts of the original tickets of leave.