Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 94
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
cropped'. (Hirst, Convict Society, p.93). Clothing appeared adequate on
paper but was not always available and footwear was 'particularly
deficient'. (Hirst, Convict Society, p.81).
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8.3
Indexes to the records
Index to convict bank warrants, 1837–70 is available on State
Records' website and in hard copy at COD 519 in State Records'
reading rooms
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
Records of bank accounts
See also Appendix IV List of Convict Records on microfilms which were
copied as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Principal
Superintendent of
Convicts' records
Warrants to pay convicts sums to their
credit in the Savings Bank of New South
Wales, 1837–70
NRS 12221
The butts show the number and date of the
warrant, the convict's name and ship of arrival
and condition (for example, ticket of leave, free,
dead etc.) and the amount.
Dates
Item
Reel
20 Jan 1837–11 Sep 1838
[X45]
595
12 Sep 1838–1839
[4/7075]
595
1840–1844
[4/4547]
596
1844–1870
[4/4548]
597
An index is available on State Records' website and also in State
Records' reading rooms at COD 519.
Letters received and Special bundles, 1826–
1982
NRS 905, 906
Letters received relating to convicts' bank
accounts, 1831, 1833
Principal
Superintendent of
Convicts' records
Year
Item
1830–31
[4/1105.1]
Reel
1833
[4/2179.1]
1833
[4/2179.2]
2194
1833
[4/2180.1]
2194
1833
[4/2181.1]
2195
Convicts' Savings Bank ledgers, 1824–48
NRS 12219
The accounts are arranged by ship of arrival.
There is an index in the front of the volumes to
ships.
State Records Authority of New South Wales
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