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The first convicts arrived at Risdon Cove with the settling party led by John Bowen in 1803. The first shipload of convicts to come directly from England arrived on the Indefatigable in 1812. Initially convicts were normally assigned to work for free settlers when they arrived and only went to penal settlements such as Port Arthur if they committed another offence in the colony. After 1840 all convicts completed a period of probation at a probation station on their arrival. If they behaved for the full period of their probation they were then assigned to a free settler. Transportation to Tasmania was abolished in 1853. Between 1803 and 1853 over 67 000 convicts were transported to Tasmania from Britain and her colonies. Almost one quarter of these convicts were from Ireland.
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| The Female Transport
Tasmaniana Library, State Library of Tasmania (Ref: PQ 820.A FEM, The Female Transport, London, H.Such, Printer, 1823) |
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| Convict record of Margaret Gillespie, assigned servant of John Ogle Gage.
Archives Office of Tasmania: Convict Department: Female convict indents, per Garland Grove. (Ref: Con 40/4 No 261) |
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| Description of Margaret Gillespie
Archives Office of Tasmania: Convict Department: Description list of female convicts. (Ref: Con 19/3 No 261) |
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| Convict record of John Hollis
Archives Office of Tasmania: Convict Department: Male convict indents, per Enchantress. (Ref Con 31/19 No 1505) |
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| Description of John Hollis
Archives Office of Tasmania: Convict Department: Description list of male convicts. (Ref: Con 18/6 No 1505) |
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| Barn on Gonerby Moor - Crime scene of John Hollis
Image courtesy of Eric Hollis |
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| Folkingham Gaol, England, where John Hollis was imprisoned
Image courtesy of Eric Hollis |
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| Appropriation list showing who john hollis was assigned to
Archives Office of Tasmania: Convict Department "Appropriation list, Enchantress" (Ref Con 27/6) |
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| Misconduct charge against James Roberts, convict blacksmith at Woolmers
Archives Office of Tasmania: Lower Court Records, Longford, 1830. (Ref: LC 362/8 October 1830) |
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| Woolmers blacksmith shop |
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| Blacksmith's forge at Woolmers |
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| Convicts Pass for Richard Mills
Archives office of Tasmania: Photograph of Convict pass for Richard Mills. (Ref 40/241, p214) |
