Department of Education - Archives Office of Tasmania

Index to Tasmanian Convicts

This comprehensive index of all convicts transported to Tasmania and those who were convicted (through the convict system) in the colony was created by indexing all original records we hold from the beginning of transportation in 1804 until 1853 when transportation ceased. The latest entry in the database for the locally convicted convicts is 1893. About 76,000 people are indexed. Examples of some convict records.

Tasmania's convict records are part of the Memory of the World and can be viewed online

Convict Search
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Most of our convict records are available online, linked from this index. Copies of those not online can be obtained by completing our online copy request form, by personally visiting us, or by writing to us.

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