Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 20
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Special bundles, 1794–1825
NRS 898
Victualling and other arrangements for
convict ships, 10 Jun 1805–10 Dec 1808
Microfiche copy:
Fiche 3279,
[4/1795] *ARK
Letters from Navy Office: arrangement of
passages to India for the officers and men
of various regiments who had done escort
duty on convict ships, 1818–23, 1825
Microfilm copy:
Reel 6028,
[4/1095.1] *ARK
Lists of "Medical Comforts" for convict
vessels shipped in London, 1 May 1819–
21 Jul 1823
Microfilm copy:
Reel 6022,
[4/7015.3] *ARK
Special bundles, 1826–1982
NRS 906
Admiralty notifications that convict ships
had been chartered, 1826–36
[4/1115]
Quantity: 1 bundle
Copies of certificates to masters and
surgeons of vessels contracted by
government, 17 Oct 1827–4 Apr 1853
NRS 1292
The volume registers certificates given to
masters and surgeons of vessels, chiefly carrying
convicts but also other government passengers,
stating that they had been safely landed, and
noting any further arrangements.
These volumes are one of the most reliable
sources for the number of prisoners on a
particular vessel.
Dates
Item
Reel
17 Oct 1827–11 Oct 1830
[4/4529]
706
14 Dec 1830–14 Dec 1832
[4/4530]
706
7 Jan 1833–24 Jan 1837
[4/4531]
706
27 Jan 1837–4 Apr 1853
[4/4532]
707
There are indexes in front of each volume.
Registers of convict ships arrived in Port
Jackson, 17 Jan 1829–Jan 1837, 2 Jan
1838–21 Nov 1840
NRS 1157,
[4/7101.1-.2]
Quantity: 2 volumes
[4/7101.1] lists convict ships transporting male
and female convicts and records: date of arrival;
name of ship; whence sailed; number of convicts
– embarked, died or escaped during the voyage,
and landed; and the annual standing numbers
allocated to the prisoners. Vessels from places
other than England or Ireland are also included.
[4/7101.2] also notes in addition, numbers of
free men, women and children on board;
master's name; date of certificate; surgeons'
name; date of bills and certificate; and the ship
the surgeon was to return home by. It also has
in the back a section noting vessels sailing from
State Records Authority of New South Wales
17