Convict transportation

[Peter Cubit]

I am looking for information on sources of records relating to convict transportation from Antrim to Australia (Van Diemen's Land/Tasmania in particular).  The type of information sought includes court records, ships logs, convict records prior to transportation, and any other associated material.

[jaq]

Hi Peter,
typing "convicts.txt " on a search engine will give you many results. I have downloaded the lists but they are much too large to attach or post on the board.

http://www.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/3rdflt.txt  has lists too but
"The  convicts from Ireland who arrived on board the  "Queen"
are not included in the newspaper lists.
     As before, the list was compiled in London as so there is no
way  of knowing which people died on the voyage out, or  did  not
leave England for any reason."

[Peter Cubit]

I was after more information relating to sentencing, police or court records, etc.  I have seen the 3rd Fleet information and, while there are Cubitt's listed, they are unlikely to be from my line.

[ScaryMary]

Peter Cubit.

although this link is manly for convicts transported to Wa there maybe something useful for you on there

http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/index.html

[Christopher]

I occasionally go to the Rotterdam Bar in Pilot Street, Belfast for an evening listening to music. The Bar was used as a hold for prisoners prior to deportation to Australia. It has had a few fires in recent times but has stuck to its old world feel. Small and cramped, with heavy wooden doors, whitewashed walls and oceanic paraphernalia hanging from the walls, it's intimate and interesting. This bar offers a wide variety of quality entertainment six days a week.

The "Belfast Banner" and "Belfast Gazette" regularly referred to people who were charged or convicted for crimes they had committed  http://www.genseek.net/criminal.htm