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See also my talk handout 'Convicts: from trial to freedom'.

Convicts

About 152,000 convicts were sent to eastern colonies of Australia 1788-1853 (mostly to NSW or Tasmania / Van Diemen's Land) plus 9,700 convicts were sent to Western Australia 1850-1868

UK & Ireland (trial & voyage) | New South Wales | Norfolk Island | Queensland | South Australia |Tasmania | Victoria | Western Australia | General

UK & Ireland (Trial & voyage)

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New South Wales

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Norfolk Island

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Queensland (was NSW until 1859)

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South Australia (no convicts sent directly to South Australia, although emancipists settled there from elsewhere)

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Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land till 1853, was NSW until 1825)

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Victoria (was NSW until 1851)

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Western Australia (received convicts 1850 to 1868)

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General

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