The following convict ships transported felons who would later be assigned or settle in the Hunter River region. It is not a complete list of all convict transports. The ships highlighted in purple carried female prisoners. For ease of use in the database, only the ship name and year of arrival is needed - e.g 'Ocean 2 1818' will not return any hits. 'Ocean 1818' will return the information available. Copy and paste the ship you are interested in from the list below, and enter it in the 'Ship' field on the search page.

If a convict of interest is located by searching the ship, there may also be more information by entering the name only in the search field. eg. 'Active 1791' in the ship field, gives 1 return - John Tucker senior. However a further search for 'Tucker' in the surname field results in 60 - 70 references.