The majority of female convicts would not previously have been on a long sea voyage, and certainly not one as long as from the United Kingdom to Australia in the first half of the 19th century.
Surgeon Superintendent's report: These reports, listed on the Convict Ships List page, give much of the known information about the voyages of convict ships.
Newspaper articles and reports on ships and their voyages:
We have volunteers transcribing newspaper articles and reports on the convict ships, and their voyages, as follows:
