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Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Norfolk Island
Lists of convicts sent
To Norfolk Island from New South Wales p.186
To Norfolk Island from Great Britain, 1840–50 p.188
To Norfolk Island from Van Diemen's Land, 1826–40 p.199
To Van Diemen's Land to Norfolk Island, 1845–47 p.199
Port Macquarie
Shipping lists of convicts sent to Port Macquarie, 1821–37 pp.170-171
Van Diemen’s Land
Shipping lists of convicts sent to Van Diemen's Land from Sydney,
1812–53, Melbourne, 1841–47, and from Norfolk Island, 1845–47
pp.195-199
Western Australia
i) Index to male convicts transported to Western Australia, 1850–68
[COD 187-188]. The indexing has been carried out by members of The
Genealogical Society of Victoria.
ii) Papers re transportation of military prisoners from New South Wales
to Western Australia, 1854–61, NRS 906 [4/770.2; Reel 706]
Contact the State Records Office of Western Australia
http://www.sro.wa.gov.au
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Records of convicts sent to Port Jackson from other
colonies and penal settlements
Note: Convicts from South Australia and Western Australia are included
in Appendix I.
Melville Island,
1824–29
The list of prisoners on the island, 1824–29 [4/3792; Reel 748] notes
the date a prisoner was returned. The volume is indexed.
Moreton Bay, 1824–
37
The list of Convicts sent to Moreton Bay, 1824–37 [4/3794; Reel 749]
notes the date a prisoner was returned. There is an index in front of the
volume.
Norfolk Island
See: Chapter 13
Port Macquarie
The lists of convicts located at [4/3864-66] note the date a prisoner was
returned.
Dates
Item
Reel
28 Jun 1822–7 Oct 1825
[4/3864]
824
14 Sep 1825–3 Jul 1830
[4/3865]
824
23 Jul 1830–12 Jun 1834
[4/3866]
825
1827–42 see also Chapter 12
Van Diemen’s Land
Convicts transferred or transported from
a)
To Sydney 1826–39
b)
To Norfolk Island, 1826–40
See Appendix II and Chapter 16
Additional Sources
Musters and Census Records see Short Guide No. 12. Muster and
Census records often record a convict's ship and year of arrival.
Irish Transportation Records, 1788–1868 ('The Irish Gift') is available at
the National Library of Australia, Canberra, The State Library of New
South Wales and The Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood and
the National Archives of Ireland website
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/search01.html
State Records Authority of New South Wales
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