Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 165
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Register of public labour performed daily at
Fort Wellington, 24 Apr 1828–30 May 1829
Detailed record of the jobs performed by the
officers and privates of the 39th Regiment and
the Marines and by the Crown Prisoners.
NRS 1092
Microfilm copy:
Reel 2974,
[4/4550]
The volume also contains Returns of work
performed by the sawyers at Fort Wellington,
14 Sep 1828–1 Apr 1829; the shingle splitters,
17 Sep–14 Oct 1828; the slab splitters, 17 Sep
1828–18 Feb 1829; and an account of tinman’s
manufactures, 6 Oct–20 Nov 1828.
Establishments'
records
Copies of returns sent by Commandant,
24 Apr 1828–24 Aug 1829
Among the returns included are:
Crown prisoners at the settlement, 24 Apr–
10 May 1828, 21 Sep–24 Feb 1829, 25 Feb 1829
NRS 4206
Microfilm copy:
Reel 712,
[4/4551]
Corporal punishments, 14 Sep 1828–24 Feb
1829, 25 Feb–24 Aug 1829
Deaths, 21 Sep 1828–26 Feb 1829, 27 Feb–
24 Aug 1829
Population, 26 Feb 1829, 24 Aug 1829
13.6
King George’s Sound Settlement
The settlement was established 30 December 1826. It was transferred
to the Swan River when James Stirling, as Lieutenant Governor,
founded the colony of Western Australia in June 1829.
Colonial Secretary's
records
Letters received, 1826–1982
NRS 905
Convicts selected for King George's Sound,
1826
CSIL 26/7233 and
26/7241 in
[4/1907]
Special bundles, 1826–1982
NRS 906
King George's Sound settlement, 1826–30
[4/2059.1,
4/2092]
Copies of letters sent to King George’s
Sound, 4 Nov 1826–11 Jan 1831
NRS 977
Copies of letters to the Commandant and other
officers at the settlement. The volume begins
with instructions to Major Lockyer of the 57th
Regiment to establish a settlement which
continued until handed over to Western Australia
in 1831. Also includes a list of convicts sent to
the settlement, 1826–31. The list records the
name, ship, conviction and sentence, trade, age
native place and personal description.
Microfilm copy:
Reel 712,
[4/3776]
There is an index in front of the volume.
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