Victoria, Convict Register 1842-1854

The Victoria Registers of Convicts 1842-1854 are invaluable for anyone researching their convict ancestors from what is now the state of Victoria. These records are made up of several lists relating to the administration of convicts in the Port Phillip District. This region was administered by the colony of New South Wales until, on 1 July 1851, it separated to become the Colony of Victoria. Although no convicts were transported directly to this region, many ended up in Port Phillip, typically as assigned servants or workers on government projects. Others entered from New South Wales or Tasmania as ticket-of-leave holders seeking work.