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Denis Cashman (1842–1897), Irish Fenian, transported to Western Australia for treason; Margaret Catchpole (1762–1819), English adventuress and chronicler, transported to New South Wales for horse theft; Alfred Chopin (1846–1902), English photographer, transported to Western Australia for receiving stolen goods
Between 1842 and 1849, 234 juvenile offenders were transported to the Colony of 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 was classed as a full-fledged penal colony in 1850.
The First Fleet is the name given to the group of eleven ships carrying convicts, the first to do so, that left England in May 1787 and arrived in Australia in January 1788. The ships departed with an estimated 775 convicts (582 men and 193 women), as well as officers, marines, their wives and children, and provisions and agricultural implements.
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Second convict voyage to Tasmania HMS Lady Nelson (1798) Transferred convicts and former convicts between Australian ports Lady Nugent (1814 ship) 11 November 1836 Sheerness: Lady Ridley (1813 ship) 27 June 1821 England Larkins (1808 ship) 19 October 1831 The Downs Layton: 9 October 1827 Plymouth First convict voyage to VDL Layton: 10 December 1835
In all, about 164,000 convicts were transported to the Australian colonies between 1788 and 1868 onboard 806 ships. Convicts were made up of English and Welsh (70%), Irish (24%), Scottish (5%), and the remaining 1% from the British outposts in India and Canada, Maoris from New Zealand, Chinese from Hong Kong, and slaves from the Caribbean.
Convict ships generally engaged in carrying convicts from Great Britain to the Australian Colonies. The First Fleet saw the first convict ships arrive in Australia in January 1788, and the last convict ship, Hougoumont, arrived in Western Australia in 1868. Over the 80 years of transportation, between 1788 and 1868, 608 convict ships ...
Convict ships to Victoria (Australia) (5 P) Convicts transported to Australia (5 C, 139 P, 1 F) N. Convict ships to New South Wales (240 P) Convict ships to Norfolk ...