Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 147
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Courts of Petty
Sessions' records
Papers re Corporal punishment, 1833
The Colonial Secretary instructed the various
magistrates to give their opinions as to the
amount of bodily suffering the punishment
produced, whether all punishments were equal in
severity, and on the standard instrument in use.
This bundle contains the replies and a copy of
the circular.
Microfilm copy:
Reel 2801,
[4/2189.1]
Campbelltown — Register of convicts tried
before the Bench (Punishment book),
1832–37
NRS 2878
Mitchell Library
ML Mss 2482
The volume records: date, name of accused, ship
and original sentence, name of accuser, charge,
acquittal or punishment, number of lashes, in
whose presence and remarks. Alphabetically
arranged, the volume records name of prisoner,
name of accuser, charge, result, corporal
punishment (number of lashes) and
observations.
Patricks Plains — Register of convicts tried
before the Bench, 1833–39
Alphabetically arranged, the volume records
date, name of prisoner, ship and year, original
sentence, employer, accuser and witnesses,
charge, sentence and acquittals. 'Black Book'
written on front cover.
Establishments'
records
Returns of corporal punishments at Fort
Wellington (Raffles Bay), 14 Sep 1828–
24 Feb 1829 and King George’s Sound,
3 Dec 1829–10 Sep 1830
The returns record name, ship, in whose service,
offence, number of lashes ordered, number of
lashes inflicted, by whom ordered.
11.9
NRS 3370
Microfilm copy:
Reels 681, 689,
[7/3714]
NRS 4206, 4207
Microfilm copy:
Reel 712,
[4/4551]
Solitary Confinement
Colonial Secretary's
records
Letters received, 1788–1826
NRS 897
Replies to circular respecting the
punishment of offenders by Solitary
Confinement etc., and also respecting the
due observance of the Sabbath, Nov 1817
Microfilm copy:
Reels 2162, 6047,
[4/1739 pp.6-54]
*ARK
11.10 Irish Insurrection
An uprising of Irish Convicts began on the evening of 4 March 1804 among those stationed at
Castle Hill. It culminated in the Battle of Vinegar Hill (now Rouse Hill) between convicts and
troops and resulted in the deaths of rebels by shooting and the hanging of 9 others. Unrest
and talk of insurrection had occurred for some years prior to the Battle of Vinegar Hill, the
records listed below concern the unrest in 1800.
Supreme Court's
records
144
Reports of meetings re insurrection of Irish
rebels under Holt convened by Captain John
Hunter, 4 Sep 1800 (No.18); convened by
Governor King, 30 Sep 1800 (No.19)
NRS 13693
Microfilm copy:
Reel 1929;
Photocopy at
COD 261, [5/1156
Nos.18 & 19]
State Records Authority of New South Wales