Rajah Biographies

Timeline biographies of the 180 female convicts transported on the Rajah from England to Hobart in 1841.

Click on the convict’s name to view her biography.

Convict Name	Age	Police Number	Last Updated
Mary ADSHEAD	34	136	2013
Agnes AGNEW	23	139	2013
Jane ALCOCK	31	137	2013
Elizabeth ALEXANDER	20	135	2013
Margaret ANDERSON	57	141	2013
Catherine ANGUS	50	140	2013
Elizabeth ARCHER	21	138	2013
Mary BAILEY	19	472	2013
Sarah BAILEY	16	484	2013
Mary BANNAN	18	485	2013
Elizabeth BARNES	37	470	2013
Elizabeth BARRETT	18	487	2013
Sarah BECKWITH	18	477	2013
Elizabeth BELL	20	482	2013
Petus BEVINGTON	22	488	2013
Ann BOGLE	21	474	2013
Mary Ann BOILEY	40	480	2013
Jean BOWIE	48	475	2013
Charlotte BOYCE	21	486	2013
Ann BRACE	20	481	2013
Ann BROWN	30	476	2013
Eliza BROWN	21	483	2013
Hannah BROWN	22	471	2013
Mary BROWN	41	473	2013
Caroline BURT	15	478	2013
Jane BURT	17	479	2013
Jane CALE	22	435	2013
Margaret CALLAGHAN	26	438	2013
Jean CAMPBELL	25	444	2013
Ann CHAPMAN	23	433	2013
Jane CHAPMAN	27	434	2013
Isabella CLAPPERTON	33	443	2013
Mary CLARK	22	441	2013
Eliza CLARKE	22	439	2013
Margaret CLARKE	32	436	2013
Elizabeth CLAYTON	19	432	2013
Elizabeth CLEAVELAND	56	431	2013
Mary COPPING	19	442	2013
Louisa DALE	34	295	2013
Ann DAVENPORT	49	297	2013
Mary Ann DAVIS	17	300	2013
Eliza DEANS	22	302	2013
Sarah DENNERLY	54	298	2013
Agnes DOGHERTY	60	304	2013
Mary DONOVAN 1st	21	296	2013
Mary DONOVAN 2nd	19	301	2013
Charlotte DUNDAS	25	303	2013
Ann DYER	22	299	2013
Jane EDWARDS	19	92	2013
Sarah ESP	30	94	2013
Matilda EWER	27	93	2013
Maria FEANS	19	199	2013
Elizabeth FISHER	22	196	2013
Catherine FLEMING	22	198	2013
Johannah FOGERTY	24	194	2013
Mary FORD	27	197	2013
Rose FORD	13	200	2013
Lidia FRENCH	37	195	2013
Georgiana GATEHOUSE	29	256	2013
Mary GIRDWOOD	24	258	2013
Mary GOULDING	21	253	2013
Ellen GRAHAM	23	257	2013
Sophia GRANTHAM	20	254	2013
Frances GREEN	22	251	2013
Sarah GREEN	25	252	2013
Jane HAMILTON	17	398	2013
Mary HAMPSON	22	405	2013
Elizabeth HARRIGAN	22	412	2013
Mary HARRINGTON	22	399	2013
Mary Ann HARRISON	33	401	2013
Elizabeth HAWKINS	30	403	2013
Ann HEADSPETH	17	411	2013
Betsey HEALD	17	404	2013
Jane HENLY	22	402	2013
Ellen HOLDEN	23	406	2013
Ann HORNE	18	414	2013
Jane HOUGHTON	34	407	2013
Elizabeth HOWARTH	27	409	2013
Catherine HUGHES	22	408	2013
Sarah HUGHES	23	400	2013
Catherine HUNTER	18	410	2013
Mary HUTCHESON	25	413	2013
Ruth JACKSON	22	199	2013
Jane JOHNSON 1st	38	201	2013
Jane JOHNSON 2nd	20	202	2013
Mary JOHNSON	23	200	2013
Ann JONES 1st	20	195	2013
Ann JONES 2nd	33	196	2013
Jane JONES	23	197	2013
Phoebe JONES	24	198	2013
Rachael JONES	26	193	2013
Mary JOY	18	194	2013
Ann KELLY	24	167	2013
Mary Ann KING	22	166	2013
Amelia LAING	24	229	2013
Mary Ann LEE	19	227	2013
Catherine LOWRY	20	226	2013
Sarah LUCAS	21	225	2013
Mary LYNCH	22	224	2013
Mary LYON	26	223	2013
Ann MACK	19	340	2013
Sarah MAGGS	22	343	2013
Sarah MALTMAN	20	345	2013
Caroline MANDER	21	337	2013
Ellen MARR	18	348	2013
Mary Ann MARSH	19	339	2013
Elizabeth McCLEWER	38	437	2013
Mary Ann McGILLIGAN	16	255	2013
Grace McGUNNIGALL	23	259	2013
Jane McLAUCHLAN	25	230	2013
Christina McLEOD	21	228	2013
Margaret MILLER	23	346	2013
Elizabeth MILLWARD	48	344	2013
Sarah MORRIS	20	342	2013
Ann MUIR	25	347	2013
Eleanor MURPHY	34	338	2013
Maria MUSGROVE	28	341	2013
Margaret NEILLIS	20	83	2013
Mary O'CONNOR	25	440	2013
Ellen O'NEILL	27	82	2013
Louisa PADDICK	21	207	2013
Sarah PARFITT	40	209	2013
Janet PATERSON	22	210	2013
Hannah PERRY	16	206	2013
Sarah PINDAR	50	208	2013
Ann RAINES	34	223	2013
Harriett RATCLIFFE	26	227	2013
Susannah RAWCLIFFE	18	228	2013
Eliza REDMAN	17	224	2013
Mary RICHARDSON	20	226	2013
Jane RICKARD	34	225	2013
Eliza RILEY	18	222	2013
Elizabeth RILEY	21	229	2013
Jane ROBERTS	25	220	2013
Jane ROBERTSON	17	233	2013
Janet ROBERTSON	19	231	2013
Nancey ROBERTSON	17	234	2013
Mary ROOK	26	221	2013
Sarah ROSE	29	230	2013
Joan RUSSELL	22	232	2013
Margaret SCRAGG	26	445	2013
Ann SCREECH	37	447	2013
Margaret SHAW	47	441	2013
Mary SIM	25	454	2013
Elizabeth SLATER 1st	23	448	2013
Elizabeth SLATER 2nd	34	451	2013
Eliza SMITH	18	444	2013
Mary SMITH 2nd	38	439	2013
Mary SMITH 3rd	26	443	2013
Mary Ann SMITH	26	452	2013
Mary Julia SMITH 1st	26	450	2013
Margaret SPEIRS	26	456	2013
Hester SPREADBOROUGH	25	453	2013
Grace STEVENS	17	446	2013
Christian STEVENSON	49	455	2013
Mary SULLIVAN 1st	28	440	2013
Mary SULLIVAN 2nd	35	442	2013
Margarett SWEET	31	449	2013
Jane TAYLOR	16	170	2013
Sarah TAYLOR 1st	25	171	2013
Sarah TAYLOR 2nd	25	175	2013
Mary THOMPSON	24	173	2013
Emily TURNER	23	174	2013
Sarah TURTON	34	172	2013
Catherine WARREN	30	417	2013
Sophia WELLER	24	413	2013
Margaret WELSH	21	414	2013
Elizabeth WESTON	22	409	2013
Sarah WETHERALL	22	420	2013
Mary Ann WHITMORE	28	410	2013
Maria WICKS	22	415	2013
Margaret WILLIAMS	24	423	2013
Martha WILLIAMS	32	416	2013
Jane WILSON	21	412	2013
Mary WILSON	41	419	2013
Margaret WOOD	22	418	2013
Sarah Phoebe WOODHOUSE	53	424	2013
Louisa WOOLGER	16	421	2013
Ann WRIGHT	23	422	2013
Mary WRIGHT	33	411	2013