Convict ship information

A convict ship was any ship engaged on a voyage to carry convicted felons under sentence of penal transportation from their place of conviction to their...

the site of a penal colony, and in 1787, the First Fleet of eleven convict ships set sail for Botany Bay, arriving on 20 January 1788 to found Sydney...

substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees. While many nations have deployed prison ships over time, the practice was...

The Convict crisis, also known as the "Anti-convict demonstrations" or "Anti-convict agitation" or "Cape Town anti-convict petition" was a period of civil...

the vessels concerned simply transferred convicts from Port Jackson. Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075....

until 1849. Between 1850 and 1868, 9,721 convicts were transported to Western Australia on 43 convict ship voyages. Transportation ceased in 1868, but...

convicts were removed to Tasmania in May 1853. Convict ships to New South Wales List of convict ship voyages to Western Australia Norfolk Island Guide...

Western Australia on seven convict ships. From 1850 to 1868, over 9,000 convicts were transported to the colony on 43 convict ship voyages. Western Australia...

women convicts in 1841 whilst travelling from Woolwich, England, to Hobart, Australia, using materials organised by Lydia Irving of the convict ship subcommittee...

Thames at an area still known as "Convict Bay", at St. George's town. In 1787, the First Fleet, a group of convict ships departed from England to establish...

term convict ship. A hulk is a ship that is afloat, but incapable of going to sea, whereas convict ships are seaworthy vessels that transport convicted felons...

1814, the convict ship Surry arrived in Sydney Harbour from England. Forty-six people had died of typhoid during the voyage, including 36 convicts, and the...

capital of Mexico Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan City of Palaces (ship), convict ship to Western Australia in 1857 This disambiguation page lists articles...

Virginia Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia Surry (1811 ship), the first convict ship to be quarantined in Australia Surry, neologism found in Laura...

The use of convict ships to New South Wales began on 18 August 1786, when the decision was made to send a colonisation party of convicts, military, and...