I was arrested in england for the crime of stealing a loaf of bread. An advanced search provides a range of options for narrowing down results including ship, occupation, value of crime, sentence and more. Colourful accounts of individual convicts, listed under the ship on which they arrived. This database contains australian convict transportation registers for the third fleet of ships.
Taking into account grandchildren, the figure should rise to about 4000, or 30% of the births. The first white settlers were mainly convicts sent from great britain. Australian convict transportation registers first fleet, 17871788. There are 20 known contemporary accounts of the first fleet made by people sailing in the fleet, including journals both manuscript and published and letters. The names of convicts transported with the first fleet, which sailed in may 1787 and reached australia in january 1788, are listed in the first fleeters, edited by. 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. First, second and third fleet lists of all convict arrivals.
The first fleet is the name given to the group of eleven ships carryig convicts, the first to do so, that left england in may 1787 and arrived in australia in january 1788. Sep 11, 2019 the first fleet, consisting of 11 vessels, was the largest single contingent of ships to sail into the pacific ocean. The first fleet database by the university of wollongong is an excellent. This section contains a searchable database of 780 first fleet convicts. Granted 30 acres at bulanaming near the cooks river. The first fleet is the name given to the group of eleven ships carrying convicts, the first to do. In the late 1980s, a simple software program with a database of convicts became available for australian school students, both as a history and an information. Colour digitised images of early convict indents are available for the first time through sentenced beyond the seas a project to digitise and index australias early convict records. Convicts, naval personnel and free settlers on the second. If you have any queries or feedback about this content please contact public access.
The first fleet sailed from england on may 1787 and arrived at botany bay eight months later, on 18 january 1788. It was a convict settlement, marking the beginnings of transportation to australia. The second fleet is the name of the second fleet of ships sent with settlers, convicts and supplies to colony at sydney cove in port jackson, australia. An advanced search enables the convict data to be queried about age, gender. Find a felon in your family tree swan river wa convicts 18501868. Brief description a collection of approximately 200 items relating to the first fleet and the european occupation of australia in 1788, the convict transportation system between 1787 and 1868 and the aftermath of the system. Pdf complementary pedagogical strategies for online design. It does not contain information about the other 200 sailors, marines and officers who sailed with them. Australian convict transportation registers third fleet, 1791. Tasmaniaany female convict who spent time in van diemens land is eligible to be included in the database. The digital panopticon website allows you to search millions of records from around fifty datasets, relating to the lives of 90,000 convicts from the old bailey, to search individual convict life archives, explore and visualise data, and to learn more about crime and criminal justice in the past. University of wollongong copyright 1999 last modified june 2000 by sandra wills for technical problems contact webmasterwebmaster. Reflects on the significance and hardships of the journey.
Links to first fleet groups and lists of convicts transported. Stonemason ray collins researched and then carved the names of all those who came out to australia on the eleven ships in 1788 on tablets along the garden pathways. The fleet sailing into botany bay, an engraving from the published diary of arthur phillip. John had arrived on the first fleet, and there was a scheme of marrying off the best second fleet convict women to the best remaining first fleet men and giving them farmland to work.
The first fleet register first fleet convicts register. Australian convict transportation registers first fleet, 17871788 database online. First fleet convicts register the first fleet register. Australian convict transportation registers second fleet. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda.
Jul 29, 2015 on thursday 21 february 1788 john randall married esther howard or harwood, an oyster peddler born c 1758. The first fleet convicts are named on stone tablets in the memorial garden, wallabadah, new south wales. John and isabella ran a farm together without much success, and had three children named john, joseph and sarah, and possibly another named mary. The first fleet database by the university of wollongong is an excellent resource for teachers and students exploring history and data concepts. If you have more hunting to do, try a new search or browse the convict records. I was driven to commit this crime because my father had long ago died in prison, and it was just me and my mother and four other siblings. First fleet convict database side b internet archive. In 2005, the first fleet garden, a memorial to the first fleet immigrants, friends and others was created on the banks of quirindi creek at wallabadah, new south wales.
Beginning in 1787 the ships departed with about 759 convicts 586 men, 192 women, provisions and agricultural. Convicts and naval personnel on the first fleet, australia, 1788. The first fleet consisted of two naval escorts, three supply ships and six transport ships. The first fleet arrived in new south wales on 26th january 1788 and over the following. Seventeen convicts died and two were pardoned before departure.
Convict transportation registers database 17871867 database has been compiled from the british home office ho records. First fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which sailed from great britain on may 1787 with about 1,487 people, including 778 convicts 192 women and 586 men, to establish the first european. To view the full list of convicts transported on the first fleet click here. In year 4 hass history, students investigate s tories of the first fleet, including reasons for the journey, who travelled to australia, and their experiences following arrival. If peter sampson was the person you were looking for, you may be able to discover more about them by looking at our resources page. Searchable database of 780 first fleet convicts provided by the university of wollongong.
We describe how the nature of the web environment has changed the nature of this educational package. List of convicts on the first fleet familypedia fandom. Its purpose was to find a convict settlement on the east coast of australia, at botany bay. First fleet online is a resource for students and teachers of any age, professional historians, family tree enthusiasts, descendants of the first fleeters, and amateur researchers, anywhere in the world. My name is james tully, i am one of fourteen convict children on board the first fleet. The eleven ships of the fleet, carrying over 1,000 convicts, soldiers and seamen, left. Complementary pedagogical strategies for online design. Information available includes name of convict, known aliases, place convicted, port of departure, date of departure, port of arrival, and the source of the data. The fleet consisted of two royal navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports, carrying between 1,000 and 1,500 convicts, marines, seamen, civil officers and free people, and a large quantity of stores. Names of convicts on the second fleet waltzing more than. A convict s journey walk in a convict s shoes if you dare. The first fleet is the name given to the first group of eleven ships that carried convicts from england to australia in 1788.
First fleet and convict collection research data australia. Beginning in 1787 the ships departed with about 759 convicts 586 men, 192 women, provisions and agricultural implements. Descendants of those who arrived with the first fleet in 1788 with captain arthur phillip. You will go to the first fleet database and complete the details on ten convicts you think would be suitable on worksheet 2. Collect, access and present different types of data using simple software to create. The main collection of criminal databases available on the website is. A project to collect and merge the profiles for any convict or naval personnel arrivals on the first fleet from england to australia, 17781788. The first fleet convict database has had a 20 year journey as an exemplar of educational software, published first on mainframe, then microcomputer, and now the web.
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. This database contains australian convict transportation registers for the first fleet of ships. Esther also came on the first fleet aboard the lady penrhyn, having been sentenced at the old bailey on 30 august 1786 for theft of a silver watch, keys and money from a drinking partner at the wheatsheaf inn. The first fleet was the 11 ships that departed from portsmouth, england, on may 1787 to found the penal colony that became the first european settlement in australia. Aboriginals were the first australian settlers arriving from southeast asia, around 40,000 years before the europeans explored australia in the 1600s. The first fleet carried more than 0 people made up of. This is a comprehensive list of the first fleet families, and includes details of 1200 of their children. First fleet first fleet convicts biographical information. 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.
See more ideas about first fleet, australian curriculum and first contact. It has been provided free of charge by the university of wollongong as a community service. Please note there are some links to pages which are not on this site. 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 death, and details about marriage and children.
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