Genealogical Societies with special convict interest.

Fellowship of First Fleeters.
105 Cathedral St.,Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW 2011 Australia Phone: (02) 9360 3788.

The 1788-1820 Pioneer Association
Postal: P.O. Box A1121, Sydney South, NSW 1235

Descendants of Convicts Group.
P.O. Box 12224, A'Beckett St., Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia

First Fleet Fellowship Vic Inc. First Fleet Fellowship
C/- Polly Woodside Maritime Park Lorimer Street East Southbank Victoria 3000 Australia Ph: (03) 9370 9590

Suggested Reading List.

This is only a small collection of publications that are available on Convicts.

1. The Convict Ships by Charles Bateson.
2. The Crimes of the First Fleet Convicts by J. Cobley.
3. Sydney Cove Series (4 Volumes 1788 - 1800) by J Cobley.
4. The Search for John Small First Fleeter by Mollie Gillen.
5. The Second Fleet: Britain's Grim Convict Armada of 1790 by Michael Flynn.
6. Crimes of the Lady Juliana Convicts 1790 by J Cobley.
7. The Women of the 1790 Neptune by Anne Needham and others.
8. Ladies of The Royal Admiral 1792 by Cathy Dunn.
9. Mary Reibey: Molly Incogmenta by Nancy Irvine.
10. Governor Hunters Assignment Report 1798 by Cathy Dunn. Available soon on WorldVitalRecords.com
11. SA Convicts Sentenced to Transportation 1837-1851 by Graham Jaunay.
12. The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes.
13. Australia's Founding Mothers by Helen Heney

Convict Transportation Registers database: 1787-1867 database has been compiled from the British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm. You can find details for over 123 000 of the estimated 160 000 convicts transported to Australia in the 18th and 19th centuries - names, term of years, transport ships and more.

 

Early Church Records Transcripts
Includes convict marriages and Deaths


transcriptions.com.au

Family History Course - Early Australian Colonial History - www.ulladulla.info