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Convicts

Every genealogist hopes to find a convict or two lurking in their family, and we have plenty of resources to help you find them, to get an idea of what life was like for them, and understand the records available.

Browse the titles below to find more about Australian convicts in general.

Or, we have numerous state specific convict categories, so click on the links below for more:
Australian Convicts
New South Wales Convicts
Tasmanian Convicts
Victorian Convicts
Western Australian Convicts
Convicts in Norfolk Island

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A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the Convicts of the 'Princess Royal'

Media: BOOK - paperback, 328 pages Author: B. Smith Year: 2008 ISBN: 9781741755510 Other: 2nd ed., b&w photos, bibliog, appendix, index Publisher: Allen & Unwin New edition of the bestselling history that traces the...

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Across Great Divides: True Stories of Life at Sydney Cove

Media: BOOK - paperback, 332 pages Author: S. Boyer Year: 2013 ISBN: 9781877074424 Publisher: Birrong Books "All communication with family and friends now cut off, we are leaving the world behind us, to enter a state of unknown ..."...

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Bibliography of the Convict Transports

Media: BOOK - paperback, 30 pages Author: J. Donohoe Year: 2011 ISBN: 0958754527Other: 2nd ed. Publisher: James Donohoe This publication list all 1040 convict ships which carried convicts, agricultural land rights activists, capital...

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Bibliography of the Convict Transports (CD)

Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (30 pages) Author: J. Donohoe Year: 2011 ISBN: 9781921807329Other: 2nd ed. Publisher: James Donohoe A is a publication of the list of all 1040 convict shipswhich carried convicts, agricultural land rights activists,...

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Bound for Australia

Media: BOOK - paperback, 480 pages Author: D. Hawkings Year: 2012 ISBN: 9780752460185 Other: sketches, appendixes, bibliog, index Publisher: The History Press From the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, to the end of...

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Convict Women

Media: BOOK - paperback, 288 pages Author: K. Daniels Year: 1998 ISBN: 9781864486773 Other: b&w photos, index Publisher: Allen & Unwin Who were the female convicts? What kinds of lives did they lead in a new society...

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Convict-era Port Arthur: Misery of the Deepest Dye

Media: BOOK - paperback, 462 pages Author: D. Cameron Year: 2021 ISBN: 9780143795100 Other: b&w & colour photos, bibliog, index Publisher: Penguin Viking An evocative narrative of the many tragedies that fell upon...

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Convicts and Exiles Transported From Ireland 1791-1820

Media: BOOK - paperback, 68 pages Author: J. Donohoe Year: 2011 ISBN: 9780958754583 Other: 3rd ed., bibliog, index Publisher: James Donohoe This work was developed under the working title 'The Convicts Transported from Ireland 1791-1820'...

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Criminal Children: Researching Juvenile Offenders 1820-1920

Media: BOOK - paperback, 168 pages Author: E. Watkins & B. Godfrey Year: 2018 ISBN: 9781526738080 Publisher: Pen & Sword How were criminal children dealt with in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Over this...

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Criminal Women 1850-1920: Researching the Lives of Britain's Female Offenders

Media: BOOK - paperback, 319 pages Author: L. Williams & B. Godfrey Year: 2018 ISBN: 9781526718617 Publisher: Pen & Sword Women are among the hardest individuals to trace through the historical record and this is...

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Guide to Convict Transportation Lists Part 1: 1787-1800

Media: BOOK - paperback, 60 pages Author: C. Baxter Year: 2015 ISBN: 9781921956287 Publisher: Unlock the Past Between 1787 and 1812, 88 ships sailed for Australia carrying convicts sentenced to transportation. Even though many...

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Guide to Convict Transportation Lists Part 1: 1787-1800 - EBOOK

Media: EBOOK - downloadFile Format: PDF, 2MB (60 pages) Author: C. Baxter Year: 2015 ISBN: 9781925323146 Publisher: Unlock the Past Between 1787 and 1812, 88 ships sailed for Australia carrying convicts sentenced to...

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Guide to Convict Transportation Lists Part 2: 1801-1812

Media: BOOK - paperback, 44 pages Author: C. Baxter Year: 2015 ISBN: 9781921956294 Publisher: Unlock the Past Between 1787 and 1812, 88 ships sailed for Australia carrying convicts sentenced to transportation. Even though many...

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Guide to Convict Transportation Lists Part 2: 1801-1812 - EBOOK

Media: EBOOK - downloadFile Format: PDF, 2MB (44 pages) Author: C. Baxter Year: 2015 ISBN: 9781925323153 Publisher: Unlock the Past Between 1787 and 1812, 88 ships sailed for Australia carrying convicts sentenced to...

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Handy Guide: Convict Records of Norfolk Island 1788-1814 - EBOOK

Media: EBOOK downloadFile Format: PDF 3MB (8 pages)Author: C. DunnYear: 2021ISBN: 9781925781953Other: colour photos, further readingPublisher: Unlock the Past Historian Cathy Dunn takes you on a journey back to the 1st...

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Handy Guide: Convicts: From Trial to Freedom - EBOOK

Media: EBOOK - downloadFile Format: PDF, 8MB (8 pages) Author: K. Farmer Year: 2018 ISBN: 9781925781359 Other: colour photos, websites, further reading Publisher: Unlock the Past Most Australians are pleased to find a...

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Handy Guide: Convicts: Port Phillip District - EBOOK

Media: EBOOK - downloadFile Format: PDF, 5MB (4 pages) Author: S. Zada Year: 2018 ISBN: 9781925781571 Other: colour photos, further reading Publisher: Unlock the Past The question of convicts sent to the Port Phillip...

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Handy Guide: Finding Your Western Australian Ancestors: A Brief Guide to Records - EBOOK

Media: EBOOK - downloadFile Format: PDF, (4 pages) Author: M. Murray Year: 2018 ISBN: 9781925781373 Other: b&w & colour photos, further reading Publisher: Unlock the Past This is an exciting time for family...

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Handy Guide: The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement 1824-1839 'A Place of Security and Substance' - EBOOK

Media: EBOOK - downloadFile Format: PDF, 3MB (8 pages) Author: J. Harrison Year: 2018 ISBN: 9781925781458 Other: colour photos, further reading Publisher: Unlock the Past Prior to December 1859, Queensland was part of...

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HMS Guardian and the Island of Ice: The Lost Ship of the First Fleet and Lieutenant Edward Riou 1789-1790

Media: BOOK - paperback, 128 pages Author: R. Dickson Year: 2012 ISBN: 9780859055116 Other: colour photo, bibliopg, indexes Publisher: Hesperian Press In 1788 the first British settlement was established in New South Wales...

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Norfolk Island 1788-1813: The People and Their Families

Media: BOOK - paperback, 116 pages Author: J. Donohoe Year: 2011 ISBN: 1862526141 Other: 3rd ed., bibliog Publisher: James Donohoe The author, using various published and unpublished documents, has assembled together in...

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Stories and Tales of the Transported Convicts

Media: BOOK - paperback, 80 pages Author: J. Donohoe Year: 2011ISBN: 9780958754507Other: bibliog, index, 2nd ed. Publisher: James Donohoe Not all Australian convicts came from England and Ireland. In fact of the 1040 convict...

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Tales of Western Australia's Convicts: Ramillies 1854 Volume 1

Media: BOOK - paperback, 230 pages Author: G. Sewell Year: 2021 ISBN: 9780859059145 Other: bibliog, indexes Publisher: Hesperian Press The ‘Ramillies’ was barque that was built at Sunderland in Durham, England...

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Tales of Western Australia's Convicts: Ramillies 1854 Volume 2

Media: BOOK - paperback, 196 pages Author: G. Sewell Year: 2022 ISBN: 9780859059169 Other: bibliog, index Publisher: Hesperian Press The ‘Ramillies’ was barque that was built at Sunderland in Durham, England in...

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Ten Rogues: The Unlikely Story of Convict Schemers, a Stolen Brig and an Escape from Van Diemen's Land to Chile

Media: BOOK - paperback, 248 pages Author: P. Grose Year: 2020 ISBN: 9781760632618 Other: map, appendixes, bibliog, index Publisher: Allen & Unwin A band of convicts, a scoundrel by the name of Jimmy Porter, a stolen...

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The Convict Ships 1787-1868 - EBOOK

Media: DATA - downloadFile format: PDF file 22MB (440 pages) Author: C. Bateson Year: (1959) 2024 ISBN: 9780975237816 Publisher: Library of Australian History Originally published in 1959, 'The Convict Ships' has been...

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The Convicts of the 'Eleanor': Protest in Rural England, New Lives in Australia

Media: BOOK - paperback, 320 pages Author: D. Kent & N. Townsend Year: 2002 ISBN: 9780850365047 Other: appendixes, bibliog, index Publisher: The Merlin Press The convicts transported on the 'Eleanor' in February 1831...

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The First Fleet 1788 Chart

Media: STATIONERY Year: 1984 Other: 56cm x 81cm, flat, colour Publisher: Natural Heritage Enterprises With the loss of her American possessions following the American Revolution of 1776, Britain sought to colonize new lands to take care...

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The First Fleet Families

Media: BOOK - paperback, 36 pages Author: J. Donohoe Year: 2011 ISBN: 9780958754545 Other: 3rd ed. Publisher: James Donohoe This is a comprehensive list of the first fleet families, and includes details of 1200 of their...

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The First Fleet Families (CD)

Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (36 pages) Author: J. Donohoe Year: 2011 ISBN: 9781921807336 Other: 3rd ed. Publisher: James Donohoe This is a comprehensive list of the first fleet families, and includes details of 1200 of their...

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