Have you tried the Qld State Library site. They have a data base online of thousands of convicts. Regards Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don & Gail Weston" <mazfaz7@bigpond.com> To: "QLD Mailing List AUS" <AUS-QLD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 12:44 PM Subject: [AUS-QLD] Convicts of QLD > Can anyone tell where I can find information about all the convicts that > were in QLD. > > QUEENSLAND separated from New South Wales. In 1824 the explorer Lieut. > John > Oxley took a party of 30 convicts and established a penal colony at > Redcliffe. Known as the Moreton Bay Settlement, this later moved to the > site > now called Brisbane. The name Brisbane Town was in use by 1825 and the > main > inhabitants in the area were the convicts of the Moreton Bay Penal Station > until it was closed in 1839. Around 2,280 convicts were sent to the > settlement between 1824-1839 and at the end of 1836 the convict population > numbered 337. > > The first free settlers moved to the district in 1838 and others followed > in > 1840. > > Don > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.234 / Virus Database: 270.10.23/1952 - Release Date: 02/13/09 18:29:00