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Convicts - The foundation of Australia
These sites will help guide you to some of the many convict and convict shipping sites on Australia, along with related subject links. Hope these are useful and you enjoy the sites
There were 116 thousand convicts transported to Australia in all, the youngest being approx 10 years old, both girls and boys, generally from stealing food, trying to keep themselves and their families alive. There were younger ones, but they came along with their Mothers or families, if parents were transported.
This site gives you a little insight into the life for the new
Van Diemans Land and the convicts that built the bridges, Cities and Towns
This looks like an excellent Society to belong to. The descendants of Convicts
Go to This site for a list of some of the marriages between convicts
Click the ship and it will take you to a site with pics and info on the !st Fleet
The map will take you to 'A Convicts to Australia ' timeline
This site has links, links, links and most of them searchable
These pages will constantly be added too. So please come back, use the resources and watch it grow
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