Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 153
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
12.7
Phoenix Hulk (moored in Lavender Bay)
The following references are of value for the history of the Hulk:
Colonial Secretary's
records
Papers re the wreck of the Phoenix, 1824–25, NRS 14492, [4/7025]
Sheriff: Rules for Sydney Gaol and Phoenix Hulk, c.1830,
NRS 13235 [5/1199]
Returns of the Colony (Blue Books), NRS 1286, Reel 2, Fiche 450452 includes Administration of, and particulars concerning, 1830
[4/261 p.214], Fiche 452 *ARK
Colonial Secretary: Letters received, 1826–1982, NRS 905
Discontinuance as a prison, 1838 CSIL 38/2513 and enclosures in
[4/2428]
Earnshaw, Beverley. The Larrikins of Lavender Bay, The Story of
the Phoenix Hulk
Letters received, 1826–1982
NRS 905
Instructions to be observed and followed by
the Superintendent of the Convict Hulk in
Sydney Harbour, 1825
Microfilm copy:
Reel 890, [4/1790
pp.75-8]
Special bundles, 1826–1982
NRS 906
1826 Miscellaneous convict returns
[4/1917.11]
Returns of prisoners etc., 1828; 1832
Microfilm copy:
Reel 822,
[4/6028; 4/7278]
1836 Phoenix Hulk — returns
Microfilm copy:
Reel 822,
[4/7026]
Similar to those described at NRS 2430. It
includes:
Nominal list of prisoners under sentence of
transportation to a penal settlement for seven
years and upwards on board the Hulk, 20 Jun
1836
Corrective Services'
records
Copies of letters sent by the
Superintendent, 11 Feb 1828–4 Oct 1836
Dates
Item
Reel
11 Feb 1828–5 Nov 1833
[4/6275]
822
5 Nov 1833–4 Oct 1836
[4/6276]
1261
Entrance books, 20 Aug 1825–30 Jan 1837
NRS 2421
NRS 2422
The volumes record name; ship and year of
arrival; free or bond – on arrival and on entering
hulk; native place; religion; trade or calling;
details of admission (when, where, purpose);
disposal (how, when); and an occasional note on
behaviour.
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Dates
Item
Reel
20 Aug 1825–3 Jan 1831
[4/6281]
819
1 Jan 1831–22 Nov 1833 (Partial index in back of volume)
[4/6282]
819
27 Nov 1833–30 Jan 1837 (Index in back of volume)
[4/6286]
819
State Records Authority of New South Wales