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Information about the voyages of approximately 350 convict ships and the Surgeon Superintendents who accompanied them can be accessed via the Convict Ship Index and Convict Ship Surgeon Superintendent Index links

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Convict Ship Index - Convict Ships, Surgeon's Journals and Links to Convicts who were sent to the Hunter Valley

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First Fleet 1788 - The First Fleet consisted of two Royal Navy escort ships, HMS Sirius and HMS Supply accompanied by six convict transports, the Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales and the Scarborough, and three store ships, the Borrowdale, Fishburn and Golden Grove.

Second Fleet 1790 - The Second Fleet consisted of six ships - the Guardian, Lady Juliana, Surprize, Neptune, Scarborough, and a supply ship the Justinian.

Third Fleet 1791 - The Third Fleet consisted of eleven ships - Mary Ann, Matilda, Atlantic, Salamander, William and Ann, Gorgon, Active, Queen, Albemarle, Britannia, Admiral Barrington

Colonial Events 1788 - 1844

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Follow the Female Convict Ship Trail Newcastle Female Factory \| Parramatta Female Factory \| Female Convicts in the Hunter Valley
Scottish prisoners - Approximately three hundred female prisoners who had been convicted in Scotland arrived in New South Wales in the decade 1830 - 1840. Click on the image to the right on each page to find out more