Category Archives: Transportation

The Factory above the Gaol – women convicts in 1818

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

  When my great-great-great grandmother Sarah Marshall stumbled off the convict transport Friendship on January 14, 1818, she emerged from a traumatic journey of confinement and scurvy which became notorious for ‘indecent and licentious intercourse’ to find herself in an … Continue reading →

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The cook, the thieves, the prostitute and the postillion – convicts transported to Australia

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

My convict ancestors were an unusual lot – but three of them were also really common. That’s the conclusion I came to after looking at a clever take on transportation statistics on one Australian website. Three out of four of … Continue reading →

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On board the convict ship (for Australian National Family History Week)

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

It’s National Family History Week in Australia (until August 10). So I’m going to leave the Irish history theme for now and pick up some of Nicholas Delaney’s story in New South Wales. Starting with his arrival. Human cargo On … Continue reading →

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