The First Fleet is the name given to the group of eleven ships carrying convicts, the first to do so, that left England in May 1787 and arrived in Australia in January 1788. The ships departed with an estimated 775 convicts (582 men and 193 women), as well as officers, marines, their wives and children, and provisions and agricultural implements.

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On the Convict Ships from Ireland predominate male first names included Patrick, Bryan, Daniel, Michael, Owen, Terence, Denis, Timothy, Francis or perhaps Lawrence, Richard or Martin. The female Irish convicts were often named Bridget, Margaret, Mary, Anne, Catherine, Rose, Ellen, Eleanor, Johanna and Eliza.

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An advanced search enables the convict data to be queried about age, gender, occupation, crime, value of crime, sentence, transported for, date and place of trial, partner in crime, description of looks and behaviour, date of leaving the colony, or date of …

Convict assignment records. On arrival to the Colony of New South Wales, a convict was either retained by the Government or assigned to an individual

Convicts The First Fleet data base was compiled from extensive First Fleet documents. Since then, with the advancement in historical records being more readily available to researchers, there is a correction to the entry for convict Mary Davis ( Lady Penrhyn) .

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Dive into the history of convict transportation to Australia. Explore the records, stories, and conditions aboard the convict ships that carried thousands of prisoners to the new colony. Uncover the hardships and triumphs of these individuals as …

2025年3月13日 · Find names and ages of your convict’s family members as well as their calling, native place, religion, education and their relationship to the convict. Search this index of female convicts and their children who were assigned to the Female Factory in Parramatta.