Kim, Only convict numbers I have are that NSW Convict transportation ended in 1840 with ~111,500, (It continued in WA) Victoria and Qld were still part of NSW at this time. Not sure of the source AND you have to note Leslie Uebel's qualifiers. Also some population statistics to put them into perspective when more data show up. John Dodds ************************ 1788:Population:1024 white; Gov.Arthur Phillip establishes Sydney 1789:Gov. Phillip surveys Deewhy and area up to Hawksbury River. 21Nov.James Ruse's Rose Hill Farm, under the supervision of Edward DODD, a servant to Gov. Phillip, harvests the first wheat crop in Australia. 1790: 1791:Pop:2887 1792: 1793: 1794: 1795:Pop:3388 1796: 1797: 1798: 1799: 1800:Pop:4958; 1801:Pop:5515; Newcastle established, 1802: 1803: 1804:Pop:7468; Hobart estb. 1805:Pop:7830 1806: 1807: 1808: 1809: 1810:Pop:11773 1811: 1812: 1813: 1814: 1815:Pop:14844 Bathurst estb. 1816: 1817: 1818: 1819: 1920:Pop:29407; Singleton estb. 1821: 1822: 1823:Pop:39792; Droving road to Newcastle opens. Hunter River valley opens to cultivation, Wyong and Canberra settled 1824:Pop:42426; Name 'Australia' adopted, Maitland estb. 1825:Pop:45528; 1826:Pop:46328; 24May-Sydney to Singleton road construction begins. Albany WA estb. 1827:Muswellbrook estb. 1828:Pop:55006; Nov.First official Census of NSW, 36,598; (5 of my ancestors known to be in NSW but NOT be in the census.) 1829:Fremantle and Perth WA estb. 1830:Pop:72280; Billie Blue runs first ferry service to North shore, Sydney 1831:NSW begins assisted immigration, Sydney Herald begins as weekly, daily in 1840 & Sydney Morning Herald in 1842, maintains unofficial BDM notices 1832: 1833: 1834: 1835:Pop:113,545; John Batman founds Melbourne, 111 Mounted Police in NSW 1836:Snowfall reported in Sydney, Adelaide estb. 1837: 1838:David Jones & Co. open their first store, Geelong estb. 1839:Pop:176,473;. 1840:Pop:202,195; Convict transportation to NSW ends with 111,500. 1841: 1842: 1843:First election of representative govt. 1844: 1845:Pop:303,134; Sale, Vic. estb. 1846: 1847: 1848: 1849:Pop:418,961; 1850:Pop:484,724; 1851:1Jul:Victoria separated from NSW; Gold rushes begin: Bathurst in May, Ballarat in Sep, Bendigo in Nov. 1852:3Aug:First steamship arr. Sydney from England after 80 days 1853: 1854: 1855:Pop:793,260 1856: Official BDM registry established 1857: 1858: 1859:Queensland separated from NSW; Thomas Austin liberates rabbits in Vic, become pests in three years. 1860:Pop:1,145,585 1861: 1862: 1863: 1864: 1865:Pop:1,390,043 1866: 1867: 1868: 1869: 1870:Pop:1,647,756 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Olsen" <sueolsensueolsen@gmail.com> To: <aus-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Convict numbers > Hi Kim, > > 2259 Males and 144 Females were sent to Moreton Bay in the Period > 1824-1842 > (as per JG STEELE's "Brisbane Town in Convict Days 1824-1842) > > Of these Approximately 220 died (anywhere up to 230) during that time > frame. > > > Regards > > Sue. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message