convicts

    Top: Regional: Oceania: Australia: Society_and_Culture: Genealogy: Convicts:

• - The aims of the Group are to educate participating members on matters pertaining to the convict system. Of interest to family historians and genealogists in Australia.
  
• - An association for all those people who have ancestors who arrived in arrived in Australia in 1788 aboard one of the ships of the First Fleet. Includes membership details, historical information on the fleet and individual ships.
  
• - The Westernport Settlement (now the site of Corinella, Vic) was established on November 24th, 1826 and abandoned on February 27th, 1828.
  
• - Includes an introduction to the source document and an alphabetical name list of entries (with brief description).
  
• - A guide to researching convict ancestors. Research guide, shipping lists, convict tales, timeline, and census data.