Background information on the colony, ship and convict lists.

List of all ship carrying convicts between 1791 and 1820. Most entries contain the convicts' name, transportation information, date and place of death and additional remarks.

An index of vessels with passenger lists in the Convictions database. One of the largest collections of early shipping records in Australia.

Alphabetical list of transported convicts. Includes term of sentence.

University of Wollongong's site includes a searchable biographical database of 780 convicts who were transported on the First Fleet. Simple and advanced search options are available and data returned can include date/place of trial, charge, sentence, transportation vessel, occupation and year/place of death.

Searchable database compiled from the (incomplete) database transportation registers and petitions to government for pardon or commutation of sentence.

Alphabetical list of transported convicts. Includes term of sentence.

List of convicts transported to Australia 1837-1848. Includes convicts' name, crime, sentence date and length of sentence. The list acts as an index to an accompanying book.

Alphabetical list of transported convicts. Includes term of sentence.