Remarks: This database has been compiled from the British Home Office, 'HO 11 Criminal - Convict Transportation Registers' record series which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). The HO 11 series has been indexed by the State Library of Queensland and the index contains name of convict, including any known aliases, place of trial (recorded on the original registers and is being gradually added to this database), term of years, name of ship and date of departure, place of arrival, miscellaneous notes eg. died at sea, ticket of leave etc. These records mainly include those convicted in England, Wales�and Scotland. Only a small number of Irish convicts appear in this series of the Home Office records. The database also includes soldiers who had been court-martialled and sentenced to transportation. These 'soldier convicts' may have been convicted in various British colonies including the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Canada. 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.
Description: Details for over 123,000 convicts transported to Australia between 1788 and 1868 - Index
Title: Convict Transportation Registers Database (1788-1868)
Publisher: State Library of Queensland
Holdings: 1787-1868
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