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• Adelaide Proformat - Transported convicts from South Australia

• AUS-CONVICTS Mailing List

  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Australia.

• AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS Mailing List

  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 1788-1842.

• AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List

  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the history and genealogy surrounding the Tasmanian (formerly Van Diemens Land) convicts and their records in other states of Australia and in the United Kingdom.

• AUS-WA-CONVICT Mailing List

  For anyone with a genealogical interest in prisoners from the British Empire, including the Parkhurst boys, who were sent to Western Australia.

• AUS-WA-PENSIONER-GUARDS Mailing List

  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the ex-army personnel and their families who went as Pensioner Guards on the Convict Transport ships carrying prisoners from the British Empire to Western Australia.

• Australia's First Fleet

  Convicts transported from England in 1788.

• Australia's Second Fleet

  Convicts transported from England in 1790.

• Australia's Third Fleet

  Convicts transported from England in 1791.

• Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1788 to 1967 - Convictions

• AUSTRALIAN-POWS Mailing List

  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Australian soldiers in prisoner-of-war (POW) camps. Archives: browse or search.

• Claim-A-Convict

  Online searchable index to over 20,000 of the convicts arriving at Port Jackson, NSW, Australia from 1788 onwards.

• Convict Connections - an Interest Group of the Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc.

  Located in Brisbane, Australia. An interest group of the Genealogical Society of Queensland listing members' researched convicts to Australia and many interesting articles.

• 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 Indexes for NSW Australia

  Book for sale.

• Convict Ships Index - Free Settler or Felon?

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

• Convict transportation registers database (State Library of Queensland)

  Over 123,000 out of the estimated 160,000 convicts transported to Australia are recorded in this database. These include prisoners sent to New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Port Phillip. Western Australia and Norfolk Island. Also recorded are some ships which were bound for Gibraltar. The records cover the period of 1787 to 1867.

• Convicts Australia - Indexes and Links

  By Jenny Fawcett, this is her original site. Her later site, Genseek Genealogy, is no longer online.

• Convicts to Australia: A Guide To Researching Your Convict Ancestors

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

• convicts-australia Mailing List

  For the discussion and sharing of information on Australia and the convicts that were transported there.