Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 151
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
on entering gaol), native place, religion, trade or
calling, admitted (when, where, sentence), how
and when disposed of, and behaviour in gaol.
Dates
Item
Reel
11 Sep 1829–8 Jan 1833
[2/2003]
755
17 Aug 1831–3 Mar 1833
[2/2004]
755
5 Mar 1833–13 Jun 1837
[2/2005]
756
1838–39
[2/2006]
756
1840
Index located [5/781] Reel 2367
[2/2007]
756
1841–45
Index located [5/781] Reel 2367
[2/2008]
756
1846–48
Index located [5/781] Reel 2367
[2/2009]
757
Entrance book, 1840–48
NRS 2373
The volume provides the following details
relating to each prisoner: date received, name,
ship, condition (bond or free), committed (by
whom, when and where), crime and sentence.
The series is indexed by the volume located at
[5/781, Reel 2367].
Microfilm copy:
Reel 757,
[2/2020]
Description books, 1832–48
NRS 2374
The volumes record the following particulars of
each prisoner: name, ship and year of arrival,
year of birth, physical description and
connections and history.
Dates
Item
Reel
1832–33
[2/2010]
758
1834
[2/2011]
758
1835–37
[2/2012]
758
1836–37
[2/2013]
758
1838–9 Apr 1840
[2/2014]
758
9 Apr–31 Dec 1840
Index located [5/781, Reel 2367]
[2/2015]
758
1841–45
Index located [5/781, Reel 2367]
[2/2016]
759
1845–48
Index located [5/781, Reel 2367]
[2/2017]
759
Discharge books, 1840–48
NRS 2376
The volumes record, in most cases, the following
particulars of prisoners discharged: date
received, name, gaol number, ship, sentence,
when discharged and how disposed of.
Dates
Item
Reel
1840–46
[2/2018]
760
1847–48
[2/2019]
760
Weekly reports of the female prisoners
received or discharged, 29 Apr 1838–18 Apr
1846
The volume provides details of name, ship of
arrival and class of the women prisoners under
the headings: Prisoners Received and Prisoners
Discharged.
148
NRS 2377
Microfilm copy:
Reel 761,
[5/1240]
State Records Authority of New South Wales