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Convict Records helps Australians explore, preserve, and connect with their convict ancestors’ stories.
Search the convicts that were transported to Australia.
Discover the stories of convicts transported to Australia from 1787 to 1867. We have data from the British Convict Transportation Register, courtesy of the State Library of Queensland.
Currently, with the contributions of our community, we have details on 154,017 out of an estimated 160,000 convicts. Explore convicts, ships, and voyages.
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