Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 19
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Old Bailey
Old Bailey Session papers, 1776–79, 1782–
1809, 1816–33
Proceedings of trials of prisoners from the City of
London and County of Middlesex Gaol Deliveries.
There are indexes to persons tried at the back of
individual volumes.
Transcripts of trials which were held at the Old
Bailey in London are held on microfilm at the
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South
Wales.
See also The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
London 1674-1834 updating
www.oldbaileyonline.org/
ML Q343.1/L
Old Bailey Sessions – Returns of convicted
prisoners, 1815–49
PRO Reels 154245
See Appendix IV.
Irish trials
There are few records of trials surviving for Ireland. Some records are
included in the Irish Transportation Records, 1788–1868 ('Irish Gift'),
which is a set of microfilm records from the National Archives of Ireland
given to Australia as a Bicentennial gift. Microfilm copies of these
records are available at the Western Sydney reading room, the State
Library, the Society of Australian Genealogists and the National Library
of Australia, Canberra and the National Archives of Ireland website
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/search01.html.
Details of Irish trials can sometimes also be found in Irish newspapers.
Printed sources
Hue and Cry, and Police Gazette, 30 Sep
1797–22 Dec 1810; 18 Jan 1828–30 Dec
1840 (1829 missing)
Printed in London every three weeks. These
newspapers contain information relating to
convicts in New South Wales and Tasmania,
including lists of escaped convicts, lists of
deserters from the armed forces and notes of
committals in the City of London and country
areas.
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Records of the voyage
Colonial Secretary's
records
Musters and other papers relating to convict
ships, 1790–1849
Most papers were usually brought on the vessel
from the port of embarkation. These lists of
convicts generally show only name, date and
place of trial and sentence. They are sometimes
copies of the indentures with the owner of the
ship contracting to transport convicts, or a
muster taken before embarkation or just before
or just after disembarkation. The other papers
cover miscellaneous matters including lists of
deaths during the voyage, convicts to be
employed in the iron'd gangs, warrants to
transport military prisoners, and papers
concerning court marshals, lists of free settlers
on board. Occasionally there are letters about a
convict after arrival.
For a detailed listing see Appendix III.
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Mitchell Library
X343.42/1, and
MDQ352.205/2
NRS 1155
Microfilm copy:
Reels 2417-28,
[2/8240-8284
part] *ARK
State Records Authority of New South Wales