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6.
c)
List of convicts in Van Diemen's Land with their times and places of trial and sentence.
Extracted from the indents as called for by Lieutenant Governor Sorell in his letter dated
31 July. 10 September 1822 4/3506 pp.297-99.
d)
Lists of convicts sent to Van Diemen's Land, Port Macquarie and Newcastle.
Indexes:
In front of volumes. The entry is usually under the name of the individual
addressed, rather than official title.
Index to the Papers of the New South Wales Colonial Secretary, 1788-1825
Location:
4/3493-520; microfilm copy 1814-25 AO Reels 6004-6016, 1814-27 AO Reels 1028-1041
and 2649; another copy of 4/3493 at AO Reel 754
Shelf List:
See Appendix p. 351
Copies of letters sent and received, mainly within the colony, or "Document Books Nos. 1-3",
c.1817 - October 1827 3 vols
*CSP (1817-25)
The volumes contain copies of many important documents - correspondence and enclosures,
reports of boards, public notices and proclamations, returns, bonds and specifications, and
licences. Only the first of the volumes has many copies of letters sent but references to the
"Document books" occur in other series of letter books. Similar volumes for later years (January
1826 - April 1863) are located at 4/1710 and 4/5784.
Among the many interesting papers copied are those relating to a dispute between Hall, Oxley
and Throsby over grazing land near the Wingee Carraby (4/5781 pp.15-53); nominal list of all
persons victualled by government as at 8 September 1821 (4/5781 pp.55-122 [photocopy City
COD477]); dispute between the Revd Richard Hill and John Gandell, Superintendent of the
Convict Barracks, re the latter's swearing on Sunday (4/5781 pp.124-36); escape of prisoners from
Sydney Gaol (4/5781 pp.137-43); instructions to the commander of the "Mermaid" proceeding to
the Sandwich Islands in company with the "Prince Regent" (4/5781 pp.149-51); instructions to the
Master Attendant and Harbour Master (4/5781 pp.161-65); instructions for surveying and
marking out the country in the vicinity of Newcastle and the Hunter River (4/5781 pp.198-202);
Hamilton Hume's complaints re seizure of his cedar (4/5783 pp.6-22); report by John Campbell
on Government Agricultural Establishment, 12 February 1822 (4/5783 pp.25-41); inquiry into use
of government stores at Windsor, March 1822 (4/5783 pp.43-55); petition from inhabitants re
being paid in Spanish dollars by Commissariat, and reply (4/5783 pp.119-34); observations on the
capability of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land of supplying their population with food,
April 1822 (4/5783 pp.211-13); Barron Field's comments on the Bigge Report, 15 January 1823
(4/5783 pp.221-29); agreement with Matthew Mcllroy to build road from Richmond to Prospect
(4/5783 pp.237-46); condemnation of meat at Lunatic Asylum, September 1823 (4/5783 pp.40717); scale of rations 1803-23 (4/5783 pp.464-71); and instructions to Allan Cunningham from Sir
Joseph Banks 1814-17 (4/5782 pp.383-86).
Indexes:
Index to the Papers of the New South Wales Colonial Secretary, 1788-1825;
In front of volumes 4/5782-83, in back of volume 4/5781
Shelf List:
AO Reel
CSP
Other
6016
6017
6017 (to p.408)
829
2231
2231
Location
Dates
4/5781
4/5783
4/5782
25 Aug 1821 - Feb 1822
Mar 1822 - Feb 1824
c.1817 - Oct 1827
