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it means descended form convicts
Convicts built the Perth Town Hall, the Fremantle Gaol, Government House and the Canning River convict fence.
Mary Reibey, early Australian convict who became a successful convict, was originally transported for the crime of stealing a horse Because she was running away from home. her parents had died, and it is said that she was living with her hpgrandmother. Why she chose to run away is not known, but the fact that she "borrowed" a horse for the purpose was regarded as a very serious crime.
Sorry i dont have much info myself but i know she was relitevly young and she was on the boat the Charlotte.
Mary Reibey arrived in New South Wales, Australia in the year 1792, aboard the convict ship "Royal Admiral". This is because she ran away from her home in Bury, England after her parents died, and she was convicted of stealing a horse. She was just 13 years old at the time.