Free Settler or Felon is an on-going project gathering details of the lives of people who lived in the Hunter Valley, Newcastle and Central Coast in the early days of settlement. Broadly they are classified by their status on arrival - convict or free.
Find out more about many of the
Convict Ships arriving in New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Van Diemen's Land and Fremantle between the years 1788 and 1862 and also about
free settlers and immigrants.
The men who served as
Surgeons on Convict Ships are on separate pages.
Other pages give details of
The First Fleet 1788BushrangersConvictsInnkeepersSettlersCoal Miners Medical Practitioners Military Officers Law and Order Scourgers
Indigenous NotesPlacenames in the Hunter Valley.
Find out details of the lives of
Female Convicts many of whom were sent to the Hunter Valley district
For more information about Hunter Valley Doctors, Officers, Soldiers or Police, enter their title in the First Name search field, eg. Rev - Dr- Constable - Major - Captain - Corporal etc.
Other subjects include
ObituariesIndustryChurchesMounted Police
Hanging Rock Gold Rush
Areas include:
Maitland, Dungog, Wollombi, Scone,
Newcastle, Brisbane Water, Raymond Terrace, Singleton,
Muswellbrook,
Murrurundi, Merton, Paterson,
Lake Macquarie, Lochinvar, Jerrys Plains,
Morpeth, Cassilis, Hinton, Clarencetown, Black Creek,
Port Stephens, Hexham, Sugar loaf,
Tamworth and many more.
Browse the
Links page to find Journals, Diaries and Reminiscences of life in colonial New South Wales or find the latest Australian History News
here
Members of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Maori communities are advised that this site contains names and images of deceased people.
