Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 163
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Dates
Item
Reel
1841–46
(From 19 Nov 1844 only letters
signed by the Superintendent of
Cockatoo Island are in this volume)
[4/6514]
605
19 Nov 1844–1851
Index in back of volume
[4/6515]
605
1851–54
Index in front of volume
[4/6516]
606
May 1859–Dec 1861
[4/6517]
606
1862–65
[4/6518]
606
Cockatoo Island, Alphabetical record of
prisoners admitted, May 1839–Jun 1852
The volume is an archival estray which has been
badly damaged.
Cockatoo Island, Entrance Book, 1 Jan
1848–30 Jun 1852
NRS 2080
Microfilm copy:
Reel 2664,
[2/8285 part]
NRS 2081
The volume notes name, ship, when and where
tried, sentence, offence, details of discharge etc.
Microfilm copy:
Reel 608, [X819]
Record of prisoners on Cockatoo Island
prior to Jan 1848
NRS 2082
Register of individual prisoners on Cockatoo
Island, 1848–53
NRS 2083
This register records each convict's particulars on
a separate page – name, ship, colonial trials and
convictions, date and from whence received at
Cockatoo Island, positions held while there
(overseer etc.), punishments, tickets of leave,
remissions, and details of discharge.
Microfilm copy:
Reel 608, [X819]
Microfilm copy:
Reel 2664,
[2/8285 part]
The volume is an archival estray which has been
badly damaged.
Transportation register (colonial), 1847–49,
1852–55, 1857–60, 1868–69
NRS 2084
Each entry has a full history of the prisoner from
the date of arrival at Cockatoo Island. This
includes arrival, death, discharge, punishments,
subsequent convictions, and the dates. Details of
conviction and offence, physical description,
religion and trade are also noted.
Dates
Item
Reel
Apr 1847–Jan 1849 Index in front of volume
[4/6571]
1258
Feb 1852–Aug 1853
[4/6572]
1258
Aug 1853–Feb 1855
[4/6573]
607
Apr 1857–Mar 1860
[4/6574]
607
Jul 1868–Jul 1869 Index in front of volume
[4/6575]
607
Transportation register (imperial), June
1851–Feb 1863
For each prisoner, the register shows name and
aliases, ship and year of arrival, original
sentence (rarely), place and date of colonial
sentence and offence. Then are recorded the
various offences of the prisoner during their
160
NRS 2085
Microfilm copy:
Reel 608,
[4/6509]
State Records Authority of New South Wales