Lady Juliana - arrived 03 June 1790 Sailed July 29, 1789 from Plymouth in 309 days Embarked 206 females
NSW Convict Women on Ships arriving from England and Ireland 1788-1828

Runnymede - arrived in Western Australia in 1856

This 720 ton ship was built in Sunderland in 1854. It was employed as a convict transport for Western Australia and left Plymouth, England on June 15, 1856 bound for the Swan River Colony. She carried the seventeenth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 84 days and the Runnymede arrived in Fremantle on September 7, 1856 with 89 passengers and 248 convicts. William Burrows and Henry Edmonds were the captain and surgeon respectively.

York - arrived in Western Australia in 1862

This 940 ton ship was built at Sunderland in 1854. It was employed as a convict transport for Western Australia and left Portland, England on October 8, 1862 bound for the Swan River Colony. She carried the twenty sixth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 84 days and the York arrived in Fremantle on December 31, 1862 with 108 passengers and 299 convicts. C. Breacey and Mr. Babington were listed as the captain and surgeon respectively, although Ian Richardson's Log of Logs queries the surname REDPATH for the captain as well.

John Gregg, a carpenter, wrote a journal for the voyage which is preserved in the Australian National Library in Canberra. Researchers can only view a copy of the journal in Canberra.

Pyrenees - arrived in Western Australia in 1851

This 832 ton ship was built at Sunderland in 1851. It was employed twice as a convict transport for Western Australia and left Torbay, England on March 30, 1851 bound for the Swan River Colony. On this voyage she carried the fourth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 90 days and the Pyrenees arrived in Fremantle on June 28, 1851 with 96 passengers and 293 convicts. Thomas Eagles and Alex C. Macleroy were the captain and surgeon respectively.

Alex C. Macleroy's surgeon's journal for the voyage is preserved in the Public Record Office (PRO) in London. Researchers can view a copy on the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) microfilm reel 3208 which is held in most major libraries and archives offices throughout Australia.

This 832 ton ship was built at Sunderland in 1851. It was employed twice as a convict transport for Western Australia and left Torbay, England on February 02, 1853 bound for the Swan River Colony. On this voyage she carried the ninth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 87 days and the Pyrenees arrived in Fremantle on April 30, 1853 with 94 passengers and 293 convicts. B. Freeman and John Bower were the captain and surgeon respectively.

John Bower's surgeon's journal for the voyage is preserved in the Public Record Office (PRO) in London. Researchers can view a copy on the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) microfilm reel 3208 which is held in most major libraries and archives offices throughout Australia.

Acknowledgement: Newspaper article transcribed in 1992 by Barbara Turner.

The third fleet of 11 ships [Atlantic, William and Ann, Britannia, Matilda, Salamander, Albemarle, Mary Anne, Admiral Barrington, Active and Gorgon] arrived in 1791, with over 2000 convicts. The newspaper report states that 194 male convicts and 4 female convicts died during the voyage, and that though conditions on board ship weren't as "diabolical" as the previous year, they were still outrageous.

The convicts from Ireland who arrived on board the "Queen" are not included in the newspaper lists.

From the "NEW HOLLAND MORNING POST", 18th October, 1791

A list of criminals who have come to our shores in recent months. Our readers wil l find hereunder a List of Persons transported as Criminals to New South Wales in the Ships as following, via: Atlantic, William and Ann, Britannia, Matilda, Salamander, Albemarle, Mary Anne, Admiral Barrington, Active and Gorgon.

This 640 ton ship was built in Calcutta in 1832. It was employed as a convict transport for Western Australia and left Portland, England on April 19, 1855 bound for the Swan River Colony. She carried the fifteenth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 90 days and the Adelaide arrived in Fremantle on July 18, 1855 with 93 passengers and 259 convicts. M. Longman and S. Donnelly were the captain and surgeon respectively.

S. Donnelly's surgeon's journal for the voyage is preserved in the Public Record Office (PRO) in London. Researchers can view a copy on the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) microfilm reel 711 which is held in most major libraries and archives offices throughout Australia.

This 756 ton ship was built in Cardiff in 1854. It was employed as a convict transport for Western Australia and left Plymouth, England on March 5, 1858 bound for the Swan River Colony. She carried the twentieth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 88 days and the Lord Raglan arrived in Fremantle on June 01, 1858 with 84 passengers and 268 convicts. Thomas Hybert and John Bowler were the captain and surgeon respectively.

John Bower's surgeon's journal for the voyage is preserved in the Public Record Office (PRO) in London. Researchers can view a copy on the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) microfilm reel 3181 which is held in most major libraries and archives offices throughout Australia.

This 1018 ton ship was built at Sunderland in 1852. It was employed twice as a convict transport for Western Australia
and left London, England on October 12, 1862 bound for the Swan River Colony, stopping at Bermuda where her convicts
embarked. She carried the twenty seventh of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. On this
voyage the Merchantman took 125 days and arrived in Fremantle on February 14, 1863 with 147 passengers and 192
convicts. William Gardiner & William Smith were the captain and surgeon respectively.

William Smith's surgeon's journal for the voyage is preserved in the Public Record Office (PRO) in London. Researchers
can view a copy on the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) microfilm reel 3181 which is held in most major libraries
and archives offices throughout Australia.

This 916 ton ship was built at Sunderland in 1848. It was employed as a convict transport and left Plymouth, England on July 21, 1851 bound for the Swan River Colony. She carried the fifth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 85 days and the Minden arrived in Fremantle on October 14, 1851 with 115 passengers and 301 convicts. Robert Dawson Crawford and John Gibson were the captain and surgeon respectively.

John Gibson's surgeon's journal for the voyage is preserved in the Public Record Office (PRO) in London. Researchers can view a copy on the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) microfilm reel 711 which is held in most major libraries and archives offices throughout Australia.