Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 218
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
confinement for male convicts under sentence of
transportation and subsequently became a depot
for convicts sentenced to the roads or public
works.
There is an index in the front of the volume.
Copies of letters sent to the judicial
establishments, the Sheriff and the
coroners, 6 Oct 1826–15 Oct 1908
Letters to Judges of the Supreme Court and
officers of the Court, the Courts of Quarter
Sessions, Courts of Request, Law Officers and
Coroners; to July 1828 the Sheriff and to 1829
the Governor of Sydney Gaol. Letters to the
Sheriff after July 1828 are in a separate series
NRS 1000.
Copies of letters to Moreton Bay, 27 Aug
1824-5 Aug 1853
Copies of letters to the Commandant and other
officers in the penal settlement (to 1842), and
later letters to the Police Magistrate, other
officials and individuals in the settlement. From
April 1853 they are addressed to the
Government Resident.
Copies of letters to Norfolk Island, May
1825-12 Jun 1851
Copies of letters to the Commandant and later
the Superintendent of Norfolk Island and other
officers. In front of the 1825-31 volume is an
index to a list of convicts which was once in the
back of the book. Only one page of this list
remains. The series begins at the second stage
of the Island's occupation.
Copies of letters to magistrates and police,
6 Oct 1826–24 Jun 1856
Copies of letters addressed to Benches of
Magistrates, Police Magistrates, Justices of the
Peace and Superintendents of Police.
NRS 976
Microfilm copy:
Reels 624-653,
[4/3736-75]
NRS 983
Microfilm copy:
Reels 6019, 749750, [4/3794-97]
*ARK to 1825
NRS 988
Microfilm copy:
Reels 6019, 764766 [4/3821-24]
*ARK to 1825
NRS 989
Microfilm copy:
Reels 2807-2818,
[4/3825-59]
The letters besides being concerned with the
police function of apprehending criminals,
including bushrangers, contain instructions to
magistrates for carrying out the general
administrative business of government.
Copies of letters to magistrates beyond the
settled districts, 1 Jan 1847–3 Jul 1855
Copies of letters to Benches of Magistrates and
Justices of the Peace and from 1848 to the
Commandant of the Native Police.
NRS 990
Microfilm copy:
Reels 2817-2819,
[4/3860-62,
4/3858 part]
Letters before and after these dates are in NRS
989.
State Records Authority of New South Wales
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