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Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
naval surgeons rose. (Shaw, Convicts and the Colonies, pp.116, 121124).
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Indexes to the records
Index to convicts who arrived in NSW, 1788–1842. Compiled by the
Genealogical Society of Victoria
Index to convict exiles arriving, 1846–50. Originally compiled by
Joan Reese with additions added by State Records staff and
available in State Records' reading rooms at COD 496 (1849-50)
and State Records' website
Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1812 complete listings from the
transportation records. Compiled and edited by Carol Baxter
Index to the Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788–1825 *ARK and is
available on State Records' website
Colonial Secretary's Correspondence: Index to convicts and others,
1826–77 and ongoing. Compiled by Joan Reese
Colonial Secretary's Correspondence: Index to letters sent re
convicts, 1826–May 1855. Compiled by Joan Reese
Contemporary Colonial Secretary's Indexes and Registers, 1826–
1900, NRS 922 available in State Records' reading rooms
Index to male convicts to Western Australia, 1850–68. Compiled by
the Genealogical Society of Victoria and available in State Records'
reading rooms at COD 187 (WSRC) and COD 188 (SRC)
Trial records
Where to find trial records
See: Appendix IV — List of convict records on microfilm which were
copied as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP)
State Records holds microfilm copies of Criminal Registers for England
and Wales, which provide a small amount of information about a
convict's trial including crime. These are held on microfilm in both
reading rooms and at the Mitchell Library, State Library NSW.
Criminal registers
Criminal registers, 1791–1868
Returns of prisoners tried at Middlesex from
1791 and at other counties in England and Wales
from 1805.
PRO Reels 27302744
See Appendix IV.
Quarter Sessions
If a person was tried by a Quarter Sessions court in England, these
records are held in the County Record Office of the county in which the
trial occurred. The Society of Australian Genealogists holds a number of
records relating to English Quarter Sessions.
Assizes Court
If the person was tried by an Assizes Court, the records are held by the
Public Record Office, now National Archives (United Kingdom), at Kew,
London.
State Records Authority of New South Wales
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