Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 90
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
This series was created in 1889 and listed all
inmates at that time, some of whom were
admitted from 1873 onwards.
There are indexes in front of volumes [7/532632] but not in volumes [7/5333-39].
Sources held
elsewhere
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Dates
Item
Reel
c.1 Jan 1889–8 Apr 1889
[7/5326]
1401
c.1 Jan–28 Feb, Jul 1889
[7/5327]
1401
9 Apr 1889–9 Sep 1890
[7/5328]
1401
9 Sep 1890–20 May 1892
[7/5329]
1402
20 May 1892–21 Nov 1893
[7/5330]
1402
22 Nov 1893–9 Sep 1895
[7/5331]
1403
9 Sep 1895–9 Apr 1897
[7/5332]
1403
Return of convicts in the hospital at
Liverpool, 9 Feb 1848
Mitchell Library,
Tas Papers 206
Records of the Newcastle Lunatic Asylum
Colonial Secretary's
records
Special bundles, 1826–1982
NRS 906
Returns of convicts in government asylums,
1876–79
Microfilm copy:
Reel 2283,
[4/818.2]
The return shows name, date of admission, and
date of death or discharge.
Health records
Medical case books, 6 Oct 1871–c. Mar 1918
Quantity: 9 volumes
Arranged chronologically by date of admission,
records the patients physical and mental
condition, date of discharge. May also include
age, residence, occupation, religion, native place
and form of mental disorder.
Registers of discharges, removals and
deaths, 7 Jan 1879–18 Jun 1964
Quantity: 3 volumes
Registers of admission and discharge, 6 Oct
1871–28 Feb 1973
NRS 5066,
[34/3481-87,
34/2634-35]
NRS 5067,
[34/3494,
34/2640-41]
NRS 5068,
[34/3488-93]
Quantity: 6 volumes
7.12
Other records
Government
Asylums for the
Infirm and Destitute
records
Registers of inmates, c.1880–Nov 1896
NRS 4377
These registers show persons admitted to
government asylums in the last two decades of
the nineteenth century. They show name and
age of patient; some details of their history, such
as place of birth, date of arrival in colonies, and
occupation; the institution to which they were
admitted (generally an abbreviation only) and by
whom they were admitted; dates of admission
and discharge; how discharged; general conduct
State Records Authority of New South Wales
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