Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 193
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
See Shipping lists of convicts transferred or retransported to and from
Van Diemen's Land, 1812–53, and a list of relative indents and papers
pp.193-199.
a) To Sydney from Van Diemen's Land, 1826–39 pp.193-194
b) To Norfolk Island from Van Diemen's Land, 1826–40 pp.194-195
c) To Van Diemen's Land from Sydney, 1812–53, and from Melbourne,
1841–47 pp.196-199
d) To Van Diemen's Land from Norfolk Island, 1845–47 p.199
Appendix IV: List of convict records in the Public Records Office,
London, available on Australian Joint Copying Project microfilms.
Note: There are many documents relating to Tasmanian convicts in the
Mitchell Library and the Dixson Library (State Library of New South
Wales), which are generally kept in separate series. Lists of these
papers are available in these Libraries. Microfilm copies of many are
available in the Archives Office of Tasmania.
Colonial Secretary's
records
Musters, 1811–21
NRS 1261
See also Short Guide No.12 Muster and Census
records under Van Diemen's Land
General muster at Hobart Town and Port
Dalrymple, 1811 [4/1233, Reel 1256]
Musters of free persons at Hobart Town, 1818,
1819 [4/1235.2, 4/1235.4; Reel 1254]
Convicts and their children at Hobart Town,
1820, 1821 [4/1235.7, Reel 1254; 4/1235.10,
Reel 1255]
Civil Officers and free persons at Port Dalrymple,
1819 [4/1235.6; Reel 1254]
Musters of free persons and convicts at Port
Dalrymple, 1820, 1821 [4/1235.8, 4/1235.11;
Reel 1255]
There are card indexes to these musters in the
Mitchell Library.
Copies of letters sent to Van Diemen's Land,
Newcastle and Norfolk Island, 6 Jan 1810–
16 Dec 1813
Other copies available as follows: of 4/3490A,
microfilm copy Reel 2288, photocopy (SRC)
COD 223A; of 4/3492, microfilm copies Reels
898 and 764.
NRS 936
Microfilm copy:
Reel 6003,
[4/3490A,
4/3492] *ARK
Copies of letters written by the Governor and his
Secretary to officials and individuals usually
residing at, or intending to go to, these places.
Includes –
List of convicts to receive Free and Absolute
Pardons, Conditional Pardons or Emancipations
at the Derwent in Feb 1813
The series is continued in NRS 937 below.
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