When a genealogist discovers a criminal way back in the family tree, he or she needs to know how to trace that person
From the arrival of the First Fleet in 1787, bringing almost 1,500 convicts and marines to establish a penal colony, to the end of transportation in 1868, approximately 165,000 criminals were sent from Britain to Australia as publishment for a range of crimes, most often for theft
Australia's convict history is well known, but is often only told from a male perspective
