John Brett
Australian Convict Ship Project
Genealogical Research into the Crew, Convicts and other Passengers travelling on Ships to Australia during the convict era.
Run completely by volunteers, this project aims to bring together a collection of family trees for all travelers to Australia during the Convict era.
Using traditional research documents, photographs and personal stories from descendants, a picture of life for these adventurers can be born.
Isn't there plenty of other sites doing this? There are a number of sites with data covering convicts and crew, but very few gathering information on families, free travelers and building a tree, where possible, for every person stepping foot onto the 'Lucky Country'
This site is free to access and will always be free. If you have any information to add for any traveler, please contact us or use the 'suggestion' tab on the persons information page.
Thank you for visiting this site.
On the 13th May 1878 a fleet of 11 ships sailed from Portsmouth, England bound for Australia, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip.
Arriving over 250 days later in Botany Bay, New South Wales, where the first British Settlement was established on the 20th January 1788.
This epic journey led the way to thousands of Convicts, Soldiers, Crew, Free Settlers, Wives, Children and many others to make this perilous journey to the New World
We Hope You Enjoy Them
We strive to document all of our sources in this research. If you have something to add, please let us know.
