~ Convict Life ~

South Australian Transported Convict List 
Find out about the practice of transporting convicted criminals within colonial Australia, and see a list of convicts and their sentences.
http://www.users.on.net/proformat/convicts.html

Convicts To Australia ... Research Guide - Introduction 
A Guide to Researching Your Convict Ancestors. Search These Lists Online: All the Convict Ships. WA Convicts. 
http://www.convictcentral.com/

Convict Days - The Legacy
ABC Broadcast: Monday, 15 January 2001 
http:/www.abc.net.aulocalqldfederationstoriess224685.htm

Convict Punishment
ABC Broadcast: Tuesday, 16 January 2001 
httpwww.abc.net.aulocalqldfederationstoriess224687.htm

Convicts Transported to Australia: A Guide to Researching Your Convict Ancestors 
Most family historians in Australia regard a convict in their ancestry as enormously desirable. This site is intended to guide, inform and entertain those just starting the hunt. http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/convicts/

Innovative Australian Culture 
promotes unique aspects of Australian culture that have been built upon its convict foundations. http://www.convictcreations.com/

Australian and New Zealand Genealogical links galore - Convicts 
Stephen Williams Book of BushrangersEverything you ever wanted to know about bushrangers of Australia. Australian Convict Records lists names, yr of conviction and archive ref for more data. http://www.benet.net.au/~brandis/links/convicts.html

Australian and Sydney History 
Sydney recorded history began with the arrival of The First Fleet and its English convicts and soldiers. January 26, 1788. 
http://www.sydney-australia.net/tourism/sydney/history/sydhist1.html

David recommends 
Resources for Historians in Australia by the Newcastle University History Department: including links to various archives, the War Memorial, National Library of Australia and others. http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/hi/roberts/recomm.htm

Port Arthur Historic Site 
share in the experience of the convict era. http://www.portarthur.org.au/

Links2Go: Western Australian Convicts - Clara 1864 
Links and topics related to Western Australian Convicts - Clara 1864.
http://www.links2go.com/more/carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/convicts/con-wa35.html

Settlement or Invasion - Argot Library of Education 
Follow links to essays and overviews of Australian exploration, convict history, folk traditions, and settlement from this teachers' resource.
http://millennium.fortunecity.com/babar/269/0912.html

Australian History Resources
http://www.austudies.org/info/docs.html

South Australian Transported Convict List 
One of a series of info pages detailing South Australian family history research. http://www.users.on.net/proformat/convicts.html

History of Australia - The First Fleet 1788 
This site gives information about the background to transportation of convicts, the voyage to Australia, the first year and ships of the First Fleet. Author's identity and authority not given. http://www.effect.net.au/cuddlyk/myworld/history/firstfleet/fleet.html 

Convicts in Australia 
Information from the Victorian Web giving an account of the reasons for
transportation of convicts to Australia.  http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/victorian/australia/convicts.html

Tasmania, Australia, genealogy and convict history: Daniel Blackwell and
Blackwell family history 
This site gives a family history and looks at the life of Daniel Blackwell who was a convict transported to Norfolk Island and Van Dieman's Land. http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kemoon/Danielb.html 

Australia's Convict Past - Live! 
Read an exchange by LookSmart Live! community members that discusses the effects that Australia's convict past has had on contemporary society.