Googling "NSW convict records" gives lots of information and online databases. Some records are on Ancestry.com.au as well. Anne South Australia Dianne Cheesewright wrote: > At last a black sheep! >> From original sources I have the following: > William CHEESEWRIGHT, born London circa 1813, waterman , was tried and convicted of larceny at the Central > Criminal Court on 18 September 1837. A single man, aged 24,who could both read and write ,he was sentenced > to 7 years and to be transported. He was received at the hulk "Justicia" , berthed at Woolwich, on 5 > October 1837. >> From there he travelled to New South Wales on the ship "Earl Grey" surviving the journey and arriving >> there in New South Wales in 1838. > Where please, do I look to find out what happened to him? Any help gratefully accepted! Dianne. >