Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 42
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Letters received, 1826–1982
NRS 905
Quarterly returns of runaways, 1 Apr–1 Jul
1829; 1 Jan–31 Mar 1830
Photocopies at
COD 197 pp.21-59
Originals with
CSIL 29/9732 in
[4/2056]
Both returns are in alphabetical order and
contain a good description of the convict. The
first is printed.
Courts of Petty
Sessions' records
Bathurst – Summons case register, 1829–
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In the back of this volume there is a list of
rewards granted for the apprehension of
runaway convicts. This shows date, to whom the
reward was granted with amount of reward, the
name of the prisoner and from July 1836
onwards the ship of arrival.
Principal
Superintendent of
Convicts' records
2.6
List of absconding convicts and assigned
servants, 1822–25
Record of convicts and assigned servants who
absconded and were advertised for in the Sydney
Gazette, showing: name, vessel, where
absconded from, date last advertised, number of
weeks advertised, number of weeks absent and
remarks. See the Index to the Sydney Gazette in
the Mitchell Library.
NRS 2773
Microfilm copy:
Reel 2652,
[9/2640]
NRS 12195
Microfilm copy:
Reel 587;
photocopy COD
241, [4/4525]
Records of exiles
Principal
Superintendent of
Convicts' records
Copies of shipping lists of Exiles and
Transports, 1846-49
List of convicts, "exiles" or transports,
recommended for conditional pardons, embarked
on various vessels, stating the prison they were
sent from and arranged by ship. The following
details of the individual prisoner are noted –
name, age, literacy, trade or profession, marital
status, specific description of crime, sentence,
when and where convicted, when and where
received and occasionally additional remarks.
There is an index in front of the volume.
NRS 12192
Microfilm copy:
Reel 706,
[4/4546]
Lists of exiles for the following ships are
included: Anna Maria, Eden, Joseph Somes,
Maitland, Marion and Thomas Arbuthnot. The list
of 90 boys embarked from Parkhurst Prison on
board the convict ship, Thomas Arbuthnot for
Port Phillip, 11 January 1847 gives name, age,
trade, disposition and character. Index on State
Records' website.
Convicts on Hashemy — Register of
assignment and history, 1849–60
This volume records the history of the individual
convicts landed off the Hashemy, noting tickets
of leave, passports and pardons received,
assignments, any later convictions, death etc.
NRS 12223
Microfilm copy:
Reel 704,
[4/4526]
There is an index in the front of the volume.
State Records Authority of New South Wales
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