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25.01.2022 Participate in the survey to retain historic Windsor Bridge by Hawkesbury City Council at https://www.yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au/windsorbr

25.01.2022 The tale of convict William Cosgrove...

24.01.2022 Interesting....

20.01.2022 In the early days of the colony, convicts were skilled in more than 80 different trades and occupations. Ancestry have created a blogpost on 5 of the more unusually named occupations practiced in Australia....

18.01.2022 There is still debate over whether this occurred but is interesting reading...

18.01.2022 Something of interest....

18.01.2022 This interesting snippet dated from 1838, is via the Newcastle Family History Society inc. (Australia) page and is sourced from The Newcastle Chronicle 20 October 1870, p. 3. Retrieved October 6, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111143164

18.01.2022 Story of convict William Singleton, a blogpost by Pauline Conolly.

17.01.2022 Thomas Barrett was the first person to be hung in the colony ...

11.01.2022 New book out - Convict Sydney: The real-life stories of 32 prisoners by Jennifer Tremlow...

07.01.2022 Here is an interesting story...

07.01.2022 NSW State Archives have released a new online index on convict assignments. It contains 6000+ entries covering 1821 to 1825. The index includes convict’s name, ship and date of assignment, to whom assigned, residence and remarks. The remarks column may sometimes include occupation and assigned work gang. BIG THANK YOU to the amazing volunteers NSW State Archives.

06.01.2022 Links to First Fleet journals

05.01.2022 Ancestry.com has been sold to an investment company. Read article below as well as this https://blog.eogn.com//news-flash-ancestry-com-sold-to-bl/

04.01.2022 30th AUGUST 1853 . . . On this day, 30th August 1853, the last ship to carry convicts directly from Ireland to Australia arrives in Fremantle. Transportation of... convicts to Australia began when the first ship departed Portsmouth, England, in May 1787, and ended on 9 January 1868, when the last convict ship left Britain in 1867 and arrived in Australia on 10 January 1868. This ship, the "Hougoumont", brought its final cargo of 269 convicts to Western Australia, as New South Wales had abolished transportation of convicts in 1840. During its transportation era, Australia received 160,000 convicts. Ireland ceased transportation of convicts to Australia earlier than England. The final convict-carrying ship direct from Ireland arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia, on 30 August 1853. The ship that made the final voyage of transportation was the 'Phoebe Dunbar'. It left Kingstown, near Dublin, Ireland, on 2 June 1853, and carried 93 passengers and 295 convicts, although eight men died at sea, one died in the harbour and one in the Convict Establishment Hospital. The passengers were made up entirely of pensioner guards and their families. Pictured: The Phoebe Dunbar. Volume 15, No.4, December 2004 of the Maritime Heritage Association Journal, edited by Peter Worsley of Mandurah, Western Australia. #australianhistory #westernaustraliahistory #convict #british #westernaustralia #sharinghistory #rtpa

04.01.2022 Yesterday marks 210 years ago since convict Andrew Thompson passed away...

04.01.2022 'Every Family Has A Secret' starts Tuesday on SBS 7.30pm. It is an Australian television documentary genealogy series, presented by Noni Hazlehurst. It follows Australians seeking out the hidden secrets within their families which can be a life changing journey.