Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 38
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Butts of tickets of private employment,
1841–42
The tickets records the following information:
number, date, name, ship, year, native place,
calling, place and date of trial, sentence, year of
birth, height, complexion, hair, eyes, general
remarks, who is to employ him, for what
purpose, how much the employer is going to
lodge in the savings bank, Sydney, per month to
the credit of the prisoner, how much he is to give
prisoner in wages besides providing him with
board and lodging. (Each ticket expired after six
months, but notes on the butts indicate that they
could be renewed if required).
NRS 12199
Microfilm copy:
Reel 592;
photocopy at COD
214, [4/4287-88]
Almost invariably the name of the prisoner
assigned denotes that he has French ancestry.
All the prisoners arrived aboard the ship Buffalo
in 1840 after having been convicted at Montreal,
Canada, in late 1838 or 1839.
There is an index in front of the volume
[4/4287]. Volume [4/4288] was not used and is
blank.
Surveyor General's
records
Certificates stating that the necessary
bonds for the maintenance of convicts had
been entered into, 1822–25
The certificates were sent by the Colonial
Secretary to the Surveyor General.
Papers re quantities of land cleared by
clearing parties for various settlers, 1823–
26
NRS 13733
Microfilm copy:
Reel 586,
[2/1626.1]
NRS 13811
Photocopy at COD
224, [2/1626.2]
These papers record names of land holders, date
and method of land clearing, such as timber
felled, burnt off.
Road gang reports, 1827–30
NRS 13792
Reports, usually monthly, of the various road
gangs, detailing place stationed and overseer;
and for each convict, his number, name, ship,
job, casualties, discharge. There are also weekly
reports of road parties under the direction of the
Surveyor General, 1830.
Microfilm copy:
Reel 590,
[9/2689]
Register of prisoners employed and of
government stock at the Government Stock
Station, Mulgoa, Apr 1838 – Jan 1839
NRS 13946
This volume was a record kept by a convict
overseer, Timothy Cusack, whose chief
responsibility was the working oxen employed by
the various road gangs being rested at Mulgoa.
Microfilm copy:
Reel 2652,
[4/8367]
The monthly returns record the number or name
of each gang, the district where it was working,
the name of the overseer and where he was
stationed, and details of the oxen. There are also
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