Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 66
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Absolute and conditional pardons —
approval from the Secretary of State, 1830–
41
Microfilm copy:
Reel 798,
[4/1122.1]
Return of colonial pardons and reprieves,
3 Dec 1831–31 Dec 1833
[X733]
The return records name; ship and year of
arrival; colonial conviction — court, date, offence
and sentence; and details of pardon.
Papers re pardons for machine breakers and
rioters, 1835–39
Photocopy at COD
513, [4/1123.1]
Convicts per Eleanor, 1831 and Captain Cook,
1833 to New South Wales and Eliza and Proteus,
1831 to Van Diemen's Land.
Petitions for pardons, 1838–39
Microfilm copy:
Reel 591, [X64546]
Index in State Records' reading rooms on Reels
1250-51.
Registers of colonial pardons, 1 Mar 1788–
29 Jul 1867
NRS 1160
Colonial Pardons concern crimes committed in
the colony.
There are indexes in front of the volumes.
Dates
Item
1 Mar 1788–3 Jun 1834 Watermark 1829
[4/4493]
22 Jul 1837–29 Jul 1867
[4/4494]
Photocopy
Reel
771
COD 220A & B
Copies of royal pardon warrants, 4 Feb
1791–26 Jul 1873
771
NRS 1161
Copies of warrants from the Crown authorizing
the grant of a pardon. Frequently many personal
details of the convict are also noted. Includes
those for machine breakers per Eleanor and
convicts per Hashemy.
There are indexes in front of the volumes.
Dates
Item
4 Feb 1791–21 May 1844
[4/4495]
15 Jun 1844–26 Jul 1873
[4/4428]
Photocopy
Reel
772
COD 215
Registers of absolute and conditional
pardons, 1792–1809
772
NRS 1215
The volumes frequently provide details of why
the pardon was granted. Due to their fragile
condition they cannot be issued. [SZ47] has
been indexed in detail at COD 264 available in
State Records' reading rooms.
Information on early land grants is also included
in these volumes.
Dates
Volume
Item
Reel
1792–95
No.1
[SZ75]
2910
1795–1800
No.2
[SZ47]
773
1800–09
No.3
[SZ76]
1913
State Records Authority of New South Wales
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