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 1788
Bushrangers
Convicts
Innkeepers
Settlers
Coal Miners
Medical Practitioners
Military Officers
Law and Order
Scourgers
Indigenous Notes
Placenames 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
Obituaries
Industry
Churches
Mounted 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.
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 1788
Bushrangers
Convicts
Innkeepers
Settlers
Coal Miners
Medical Practitioners
Military Officers
Law and Order
Scourgers
Indigenous Notes
Placenames 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
Obituaries
Industry
Churches
Mounted 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.