Hi Kim, That is a very difficult question to answer with accurate figures and there are a few reasons for this: 1. Not every convict listed on the various Indents actually embarked 2. Many convicts are not included on the Indent for the transport on which they arrived 3. Some convicts are listed on two Indents - the one they were supposed to take and the one on which they actually arrived 4. Convicts on the same transport were offloaded convicts at various ports eg Port Jackson and VDL 5. Some convicts were transported to say, Port Jackson initially, and then were trans-shipped to other ports eg Norfolk Island and VDL and others shipped at a later date due to colonial crimes. 6. There are a few convicts whose arrival is not recorded on any incoming shipping document - some of these I found when they were granted permission to marry or received a Pardon etc, so I think that there must be others although I think that number would be very small. You cannot rely on the figures given in "The Convicts Ships" by Charles Bateson as he has not included about 100 ships carrying convicts to Port Jackson alone! .... nor was it his intention to include them. I know that I have transcribed (not copied and pasted) nearly 90,000 but this figure includes those to VDL up to early 1824 and to Moreton Bay. A rough guess is that of the over 160,000 transported (I have had to reply on the figures provided by Charles Bateson for numbers as regards convicts sent to Port Phillip, Norfolk Island, Western Australia and VDL as these are out of the area of my expertise) 50% to Port Jackson (including exiles some of whom were sent to Moreton Bay) 1.3% to Port Phillip 1.7% to Norfolk Island 6% to Western Australia .32% to Moreton Bay 41% to VDL Regards Lesley Uebel mailto:ckennedy@bigpond.net.au CLAIM A CONVICT http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html -----Original Message----- From: aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Kim Milne Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 2:13 PM To: List AUS-CONVICTS Subject: [AUS-CON] Convict numbers As a change of pace, does any of our knowledgeable listers have a reasonably accurate count of how many convicts was sent to each of the various establishments? And during what time frame? For example, how many to NSW, VDL, Moreton Bay etc. Kim