Convict transportation
On This Day
10 Sep 1823 - escapee re-transported to NSW
On the 10th of September 1823 Susan Courtney was tried in England for returning from transportation
On This Day
20 Jan 1788 - First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay
On 20 January 1788 the last of the eleven ships of the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay
Convict Sydney
A world of pain
The combined aims of the assignment system, from 1826 onwards, were to equip farmers with cheap convict labour, to disperse convicts away from towns (and other convicts) and to keep an eye on each worker’s whereabouts and treatment
Convict Sydney
Cockatoo Island
Cockatoo Island was an infamous island prison established in Sydney Harbour from 1839 to 1869 for reoffending convicts and hardened criminals
Convict Sydney
Convict Sydney
From a struggling convict encampment to a thriving Pacific seaport, a city takes shape
Convict hulks
In the 21st century we are accustomed to thinking of imprisonment as one of the more obvious forms of punishment for convicted criminals. This was not so in the past
Convict transportation to NSW
A history of convict transportation to New South Wales and related records such as trial records and records of the voyage and arrival
Convicts for the colonists
Colourful colonial-era stories from ou properties give us a window into the central role the Hyde Park Barracks played in convicts’ lives
Convict Sydney
Francis Greenway
When Francis Greenway was appointed Civil Architect by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in March 1816, he became the first government architect of New South Wales