Lesley - thank you as always. I'll try and pick up a copy. Abebooks starts pretty high but I'll track one down eventually. I take it from a lack of response on the list that a similar volume on the 'Third Fleet' has not been published. cheers, matt

If you are looking for a book on an Australian topic, then try using NLA Trove Books. The Copyright Act requires every publisher of an Australian book etc to lodge a copy with the National Library of Australia who then catalogue the item. Their catalogue of books is part of Trove and you can limit your search to book titles. http://trove.nla.gov.au/book/result?q=%22third+fleet%22 This links to a brief description of the title and a list of libraries which hold the book. I see that the two most promising titles have the hallmarks of being self-published so it might be wise to seek them out at a library to weigh their value. > pretty high but I'll track one down eventually. I take it from a lack of > response on the list that a similar volume on the 'Third Fleet' has not > been published.

Hello Matt. I didn't reply earlier, expecting that others would answer you in more detail, but as you see they have not come forward to do so. My recommendation would be the entire series of books on Australian genealogy by Dr C. J. SMEE. It was within his publications that I first ever read of a concept of a 3rd fleet, many decades ago. I see that he has also published on what he calls the Fourth Fleet also. If this link works, it is a result of a google search for Smee Australia genealogy, and the results are from the Society of Australian Genealogists' library catalogue. Please note that there are 57 'hits' or 'results' there, so you will need to move on to later pages also. Many libraries with large genealogy holdings will hold a lot of his works, especially his earlier ones. I expect that you should also be able to obtain them on inter-library loan within Oz. Here is the link: http://catalogue.sag.org.au/resbyfield.jsp?term=Smee,+C.+J.&field=AUTHOR&displayFormat=BIBLIOGRAPHY HTH. Ray On 24/07/2013, at 10:52 AM, Matt Hall <cispt2@gmail.com> wrote: ... I take it from a lack of response on the list that a similar volume on the 'Third Fleet' has not been published. cheers, matt ----------------------

Hi Matt, As your original question was asking about books available about the 1st and 3rd fleets similar to the book published by Michael Flynn and the 2nd fleet my answer remains the same - there is only the book published by Gillan and the 1st fleet. Any other books about these first 3 fleets are in my opinion, not reliable at all and were, from memory, compiled from information submitted by others over 20 years ago. Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: ckennedy@bigpond.net.au On 24/07/2013 10:52 AM, Matt Hall wrote: > Lesley - thank you as always. I'll try and pick up a copy. Abebooks starts > pretty high but I'll track one down eventually. I take it from a lack of > response on the list that a similar volume on the 'Third Fleet' has not > been published. > cheers, > matt