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Transportation of convicts
In 1851 Victoria (Port Phillip District) separated from New South Wales. Apart from the early attempts at settlement, the only convicts sent directly to Victoria from Britain were about 1,750 convicts known as the 'Exiles'. They arrived between 1844 and 1849.
The first immigrant ships arrived at Port Phillip in 1839.
When the last shipment of convicts disembarked in Western Australia in 1868, the total number of transported British convicts stood at around 162,000 men and women. They were transported here on 806 ships.
This website is designed to foster an interest in the Kelly women's stories and
to explore both historic and contemporary understandings of their lives and the
significant roles they played in the life of Ned Kelly.
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