Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 29
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
The Convict Establishment was broken up at the end of 1855 and the
remaining duties were transferred to the Convict Branch of the Police.
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Indexes to the records
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
Female Factory Parramatta, 1826–1848 – Index to inmates.
Compiled by Norma M Tuck and Joan Reese
Index to tickets of exemption from government labor, 1827–1832
available on State Records' website
Convicts and Employers (NSW) Index, 1828, 1832–37, Jan 1838–
Jan 1844. Compiled by Pastkeys
Index to convict exiles, 1846–50 available on State Records'
website
Index of Convict Assignments in NSW, Vol 1, 1830-32. Compiled by
Nola M Mackey
Records of assignment
Colonial Secretary's
records
Colonial Secretary's Papers 1788–1825 have been indexed in the Index
to the Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788–1825 and form part of the
Archives Resources Kit *ARK.
Special bundles, 1794–1825
NRS 898
Assignment of convicts, 1822–24 –
Microform copies:
Reel 587, Fiche
3293, [5/3821.1]
*ARK
Papers re convict servants in the employ of
T.R. Townson, John Campbell, and G.F.
Palmer, 1822–23
Nominal return of Bonded Mechanics and to
whom they were assigned, 28 Apr 1824
List of Defaulters in Payment for assigned
convict Tradesmen and of those tradesmen
up to 30 Jun 1824
Miscellaneous convict returns –
Appin district: Returns of convicts received,
assigned and returned, Jan–Apr, Jun, Jul,
Oct–Dec 1824
Emu Plains: Returns of labourers selected
from and distributed by the Benches at
Penrith and Windsor, Oct–Dec 1823
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Microfilm copy:
Reel 6028,
[2/8283 pp.4976] *ARK
Microfilm copy:
Reel 6028,
[2/8283 pp.165,
173, 175, 181]
*ARK
State Records Authority of New South Wales