World History
Convicts to Australia. This is a neat site which includes information for Australians (and others) who are researching convict ancestors. It includes a chronological list of all the convict transports sent from England to Australia, convict tales, timeline, and a research guide to the entire subject.
I found this quote from the index page funny, "Most family historians in Australia regard a convict in their ancestry as enormously desirable." My family has a convict ancestor but it is not something we are proud about. However, he was not a pioneer of America in the same way that the convicts sent to Australia were among the pioneers there.
You can also visit the Clayton's Convicts page of the site and create your own convict ancestor if you lack one. I typed in my name, claimed I live in New South Wales (I am in the USA), and got the following story, "My ggg-grandfather George Brown was a historian, who lived in London, England, in the early 1800s. Life was extremely difficult back then and the Brown family was very poor. In 1820 the unfortunate George was caught with two accomplices, Arthur Dodger and Oliver Twirl, stealing a hat from the home of Mr and Mrs Babcock, who resided at 17 Struggle Street, London. George was tried and convicted at London Quarter Sessions and in 1822 was transported to Australia on the convict ship Sterling, for a term of 7 years. There are now many fine, upstanding descendants of George Brown living in Australia, the most upstanding of all being Miland Brown, who currently resides in New South Wales."
- Fun Facts About Australia
I found this fun short article at ezinearticles.com. As the site allows for the reproduction of articles by blogs and other websites, I am going to go ahead and reprint it here. The author of the article is Beverly P. Frank. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
- Ancient Tools Unearthed In Australia
Humanity has been is Australia a long time. And a new find proves that humans were thriving there 35,000 years ago! Yahoo! has a story on it titled Ancient tools unearthed in Australia. The article notes, "Tools dating back at least 35,000 years have...
- Aboriginal Resistance
Aboriginal Resistance - This site is a decent timeline of incidents of Aboriginal resistance to European settlement in Australia. It covers 1790-1997. The history begins with accounts of violence and thievery and ends with details of Australian court...
- History Of Australia
History of Australia. This is a good overview of the history of Australia. From the site: Australia's aboriginal inhabitants, a hunting-gathering people generally referred to as Aboriginals and Torres Straits Islanders, arrived about 40,000...
- "charcoal" Williams - Gold In Australia
"Charcoal" Williams - Gold in Australia" From Wales at the end of the 18th Century, the story follows "Charcoal" Williams and other free settlers, Irish political prisoners and convicts to New South Wales. From the site: The story starts when "Charcoal"...
World History
Convicts to Australia
Convicts to Australia. This is a neat site which includes information for Australians (and others) who are researching convict ancestors. It includes a chronological list of all the convict transports sent from England to Australia, convict tales, timeline, and a research guide to the entire subject.
I found this quote from the index page funny, "Most family historians in Australia regard a convict in their ancestry as enormously desirable." My family has a convict ancestor but it is not something we are proud about. However, he was not a pioneer of America in the same way that the convicts sent to Australia were among the pioneers there.
You can also visit the Clayton's Convicts page of the site and create your own convict ancestor if you lack one. I typed in my name, claimed I live in New South Wales (I am in the USA), and got the following story, "My ggg-grandfather George Brown was a historian, who lived in London, England, in the early 1800s. Life was extremely difficult back then and the Brown family was very poor. In 1820 the unfortunate George was caught with two accomplices, Arthur Dodger and Oliver Twirl, stealing a hat from the home of Mr and Mrs Babcock, who resided at 17 Struggle Street, London. George was tried and convicted at London Quarter Sessions and in 1822 was transported to Australia on the convict ship Sterling, for a term of 7 years. There are now many fine, upstanding descendants of George Brown living in Australia, the most upstanding of all being Miland Brown, who currently resides in New South Wales."
- Fun Facts About Australia
I found this fun short article at ezinearticles.com. As the site allows for the reproduction of articles by blogs and other websites, I am going to go ahead and reprint it here. The author of the article is Beverly P. Frank. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
- Ancient Tools Unearthed In Australia
Humanity has been is Australia a long time. And a new find proves that humans were thriving there 35,000 years ago! Yahoo! has a story on it titled Ancient tools unearthed in Australia. The article notes, "Tools dating back at least 35,000 years have...
- Aboriginal Resistance
Aboriginal Resistance - This site is a decent timeline of incidents of Aboriginal resistance to European settlement in Australia. It covers 1790-1997. The history begins with accounts of violence and thievery and ends with details of Australian court...
- History Of Australia
History of Australia. This is a good overview of the history of Australia. From the site: Australia's aboriginal inhabitants, a hunting-gathering people generally referred to as Aboriginals and Torres Straits Islanders, arrived about 40,000...
- "charcoal" Williams - Gold In Australia
"Charcoal" Williams - Gold in Australia" From Wales at the end of the 18th Century, the story follows "Charcoal" Williams and other free settlers, Irish political prisoners and convicts to New South Wales. From the site: The story starts when "Charcoal"...