Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 216
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
The volumes contain various returns and lists,
such as returns of persons applying to be
married; lists of convicts being sent to Van
Diemen's Land, Port Macquarie and Newcastle;
and lists of the distribution of convicts upon
arrival to settlers in country districts.
There are indexes in front of each volume and
the volumes for the years 1814–1825 have been
indexed in the Index to Colonial Secretary's
Papers, 1788–1825 which is available on State
Records' website.
Dates
Item
Reel
Dates
Item
Reel
1 Jan 1814–28 Mar 1815
[4/3493]
6004
28 Nov 1822–20 Mar 1823
[4/3507]
6009
29 Mar 1815–19 Jun 1816
[4/3494]
6004
21 Mar 1823–1 Aug 1823
[4/3508]
6010
20 Jun 1816–19 Feb 1817
[4/3495]
6005
31 Jul 1823–18 Dec 1823
[4/3509]
6011
19 Feb 1817–26 Aug 1817
[4/3496]
6005
18 Dec 1823–26 Apr 1824
[4/3510]
6012
26 Aug 1817–24 Jan 1818
[4/3497]
6005
26 Apr 1824–20 Jul 1824
[4/3511]
6013
23 Jan 1818–23 Jul 1818
[4/3498]
6006
21 Jul 1824–11 Nov 1824
[4/3512]
6013
25 Jul 1818–27 Feb 1819
[4/3499]
6006
11 Nov 1824–5 Apr 1825
[4/3513]
6014
1 Mar 1819–28 Oct 1819
[4/3500]
6006
2 Apr 1825–8 Jul 1825
[4/3514]
6014
30 Oct 1819–19 Apr 1820
[4/3501]
6007
8 Jul 1825–18 Nov 1825
[4/3515]
6015
20 Apr 1820–26 Dec 1820
[4/3502]
6007
19 Nov 1825–27 Jan 1826
[4/3516]
6016 (pt),
29 Dec 1820–18 Apr 1821
[4/3503]
6007
19 Apr 1821–25 Oct 1821
[4/3504]
6008
9 Jan 1826–28 Feb 1826
[4/3517]
1039
25 Oct 1821–8 Mar 1822
[4/3504a]
6008
1 Mar 1826–28 Mar 1826
[4/3518]
1039
8 Mar 1822–28 Jun 1822
[4/3505]
6008
28 Mar 1826–27 Jul 1826
[4/3519]
1040
28 Jun 1822–28 Nov 1822
[4/3506]
6009
26 Jul 1826–30 Jan 1827
[4/3520]
1040-1
1038
Copies of letters sent and received, mainly
within the colony, or "Document books Nos.
1-3", c.1817-Oct 1827
These volumes contain copies of many important
documents - correspondence and enclosures,
reports of boards, public notices and
proclamations, returns, bonds and specifications,
and licences. Similar volumes for later years
(January 1826–April 1863) are located at
[4/1710] and [4/5784].
Copies of letters sent outside the Colony,
"Foreign", 17 Jan 1814-21 Oct 1856
The letters may be to any foreign place but are
addressed principally to officials and individuals
in England, to officials in India, the Cape of Good
Hope, Mauritius and Batavia. The letters to
individuals are mainly in reply to enquiries
regarding settlers and convicts. From 30
December 1823 letters to Van Diemen's Land are
in this series also, most of them being addressed
to the Lieutenant Governor, the Colonial
Secretary or the Controller of Convicts, and
officers at Port Dalrymple. Before this see NRS
936.
State Records Authority of New South Wales
NRS 938
Microfilm copy:
Reels 6016-6017,
829, 2231,
[4/5781-83] *ARK
to 1825
NRS 939
Microfilm copy:
Reels 6018-6019,
2649, 898-901,
[4/3521-3527
part] *ARK to
1825
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