Launch of the Convict Transportation Registers database
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh/convicts
This database has been compiled from British Home Office (HO) records
which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying
Project (AJCP). The HO 11 Criminal – Convict Transportation Registers
series has been indexed by the State Library of Queensland and the index
contains the following information:
- Name of convict, including any known aliases
- Place of trial *
- Term of years
- Name of ship and date of departure
- Place of arrival
- Miscellaneous notes e.g. Died at sea; Ticket of Leave, etc.
* The date of trial is recorded on the original registers and will be
gradually added to this database
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),
Western Australia and Norfolk Island. Also recorded are some ships which
were bound for Gibraltar. The records cover the period of 1787 to 1867.
These records mainly include those convicted in England 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.
The site also features some well-known Queenslanders with convict
backgrounds.
I have no affiliation with this site, am merely passing on information received in a genealogy newsgroup.
