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Title: Scarborough and Surprize
Post by: NevilleTB on Wednesday 30 March 22 07:26 BST (UK)

A simple question hopefully. Why are so many convicts listed as arriving on the Scarborough and Surprize (sometimes including the Neptune) rather than on one of the boats?

Title: Re: Scarborough and Surprize
Post by: majm on Wednesday 30 March 22 08:34 BST (UK)

because separate registers were not kept  ADD or are no longer extant.

Extra ADD
https://gutenberg.net.au/first-fleet.html


JM

Title: Re: Scarborough and Surprize
Post by: NevilleTB on Wednesday 30 March 22 11:27 BST (UK)

Thanks for that. I suspected as much but could not find a reference on the Internet to confirm my suspicion. Good to have a question resolved in one response.