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morning folk, Tony... that list is brilliant.... maybe some members can now find rellies they think are theres.... The programme is about The Juliana and I can't wait to hear stories of any that GR members have if they have a convict on that ship... sadly no names of mine... some of my females were right little hussies but think thats as far as it goes...lol... Anne:)))

Hi Anne I have read a book about that. The Floating Brothel by Sian Rees Lesley Pearse's book Remember Me is also based on that voyage Both are excellent. I shall be watching out for the TV programme Dee ;-))

Hi I have just read your letters about convicts to Australia.Well I have 2 in my family that we know of for sure.John Pike arrived in Sydney on the 4th August 1802.his ship was 'Perseus'.his crime was theft.jane Ferriday arrived 26th october 1807.her ship was 'Sydney Cove.' She was sentenced to life imprisonment.John receved 7 years for his crimes.Jane's crime was highway robbery were her cohorts would strip the ladies of their lace underwear and allowed to drive on while the male passengers had their cash stolen and were made to walk.John became a land owner after receiving his pardon in about 1814>jane received her pardon in 1835.John and Jane married in 1807 after Jane arrived in Sydney. Kylee Sydney Australia

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Hi Anne.Just out of interest.....here is a list of the Female Convicts that were noted, on the Lady Juliana, and there terms Convicts on the Lady Juliana ACTON Sarah 7 ANDERSON Mary 7 ANSELL Mary 7 ARNOLD Mary 7 ATKINS Violetta 7 ATKINSON Mary 7 AYRES Elizabeth 7 BARNES Elizabeth 7 BARNSLEY Elizabeth 7 BARRY Ann 7 BATEMAN Mary 7 BEACH Mary 7 BONE Ann 7 alias Smith BRADY Ann 7 BRAY Susannah 7 alias Gay BROOKS Ann 7 BROOKS Jane 7 BROWN Elizabeth 7 BROWN Grace 7 BROWN Sarah Sophia Ann 7 BUTLER Mary 7 CARTER Elizabeth 7 CARTER Margaret 7 CARTER Sarah 7 CAVENAUGH Mary 7 CHAFEY Mary 7 CHAPLIN Mary 7 CHRISTMAS Mary 7 CLAPTON Ann 7 CLAYTON Mary 7 COTTEREL Elizabeth 7 CURTIS Esther 7 DANIELS Martha 7 DAVIS Mary 7 DAVIS Mary 7 DAWSON Jane 7 DAWSON Mary 7 Alias Bray DORSET Sarah 7 DOWLING Mary 7 EMMES Ann 7 alias J'Amms FARRELL Elizabeth 7 FITZPATRICK Rose 7 FLANNEGAN Mary 7 FORBES Ann 7 GALE Elizabeth 7 GALLAND Ann 7 GEE Hannah 7 alias Teesdale GIBSON Ann 7 GILES Elizabeth 7 GITTOS Mary 7 GOLDSMITH Elizabeth 7 GOMER Sarah 7 GOSLIN Elizabeth 7 GRAHAM Sarah 7 HAGER Ann 7 HANNAWAY Ann 14 HARD'AMAN Ann 7 HARDING Amelia 7 HARDYMAN Elizabeth 7 HAYNES Alice 7 HENDERSON Elizabeth 7 HEYLAND Catherine Life HIGGINS Mary 7 alias Harrold HODDY Rachael 7 HOLLOWAY Elizabeth 7 HOOK Mary 7 HOPPER Elizabeth 7 HOUNSETT Mary 7 HOUSE Sarah 7 HOUSUM Catherine 7 HOWARD Ann 7 ISRAEL Maria 7 IVEMAY elizabeth 7

Was reading a double page spread about it in the Daily Mail today (sorry yesterday). Looks interesting so will have to watch it. Would be interesting to learn how many of our Australian members can trace their ancestors back to anyone who was on that ship or ones like it.

PP... yes I agree... seen one you've seen em all... and none are very interesting... Mind you... the male population might disagree...lol... Right... time for beddy byes... nite folks!! Anne :)))

Good Lord Mary... am not that old chuck...lol... The ship sailed in 1789!!!! And as for coming back... probably next year!! Anne :)))

Yes, saw that advertised - looks interesting. O.H. thinks I should watch the other prog this week about men's bits!! Seen one and you've seen 'em all I told him, but I will probably have a look to give myself a laugh. Don't know if he will watch with me, might give him a complex!

The Lady Juliana lay six months in the River Thames while the goals were emptied and the women placed on board. She finally sailed from Portsmouth England on the 29th July 1789 and arrived at Port Jackson on 3rd of June 1790. The Lady Juliana was the first female convict ship to sail to the Colony of NSW and the first sailing of any convict ship since the first fleet sailed in 1788. When the ship was out to sea every man on board took a convict women for his wife. The number of female convicts on board the Lady Juliana varied, but it seems that 244-5 was the number that arrived in NSW. The voyage took twelve months less one day, calling into many ports. While in these ports it was an open ship, and was later to become known, as the 'Floating Brothel'. Before leaving England the good ladies of London donated fifty suits of child linen. This linen was to be used by the mid-wife in the event of there being children born on the voyage. There were seven births and five deaths. At least eight children accompanied their mothers, four of these later came to VDL. Sixty women from the Lady Juliana came to VDL either with their husbands or alone between 1805-1815, of these 27 were first fleeters. On arrival at Port Jackson 114 women were sent to Norfolk Island, others were sent later (194 in all) Many were to marry or live with men who were on the island, or would arrive later, convicts, ex-convicts and soldiers. In November 1791 a group of about 100 couples were married on the island by the Rev. Richard Johnson, no records of these ceremonies survived. Many couples claimed they were married on the island after they arrived in VDL. You will notice that many on the women on the Lady Juliana were what could be regarded a fairly old. There were overall: 51 between the age of 10-19 116 between the age of 20-29 40 between the age of 30-39 15 between the age of 40-49 8 over the age of 50 These women who had survived the terrible conditions in England and a unspeakable voyage first to Port Jackson and then to Norfolk Island, found themselves having to yet again pull up roots after nearly twenty years, and start again in the new settlement of VDL. The records reveal that most of them were wives, mothers, and in some cases grandmothers who went on to make a place for themselves and their families. Their descendants are proud to claim them as their ancestors, despite how they arrived in the Colony. Anne :)))

Not unusual? Well, watch BBC 2 TV next Friday at 9pm. A convict ship taking only women to Australia, left England, in order to populate the New World!! Sounds interesting. Will you be watching? I will. Anne :)))