#OnThisDay 9 January 1868 convict transportation to Australia ceased when the Hougoumont arrived in Western Australia. It is estimated that about 165,000 convicts were sent to Australia over an eighty year period.
Source: Gillard, G. (2016). Hougoumont
In this episode Emily shows us a Ticket of Leave Butts volume from the 1830s. It's a great peek into a convict era archive.
This webinar explains how to start convict research in NSW using the NSW State archives.
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