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From: "Gordon Barlow" <>
Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] migration of ex-convicts
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:30:11 -0700


I have a family HICKEY who immigrated to Sydney in 1862 - I suspect to be with one of the family who had been transported. There were billions of convict Hickeys, and it is impossible to differentiate them, especially with common forenames. At some point before 1866, the family migrated to the Darling Downs, just outside Toowoomba. My question to the List is this. What restrictions were there on the movement of former convicts within NSW (before 1859) and between States (after 1859, when Queensland became a State)? Would there be any paper-trail, at all?

I have always assumed the migration of the Hickeys was overland, but on consideration that doesn't sound likely. Why would they keep moving through and past suitable farming land all the way north? So, were there records of passengers on ships from Sydney to Moreton Bay?

All suggestions gratefully received.

Gordon Barlow

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