Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 404
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
their possession without the permission of a Magistrate (4 Vic. No. 8)
1842
30 July — Act establishing representative government in New South Wales
1842
Native Police is formed
1843
Assisted immigration of free people suspended due to poor economic conditions
1844
Maconochie was removed from Norfolk Island and administration of the settlement was transferred to
Van Diemen's Land
1846
3 August — Sir Charles FitzRoy became Governor
16 November — Exiles arrived at Port Phillip on the Royal George
1848
January — Position of Matron of the Female Factory abolished and the end of the Female Factory
1849
Convict Classification Board was established
The arrival of convict ships in Sydney led to protests against the re-introduction of convict transportation
1 November — Mount Stewart Elphinstone arrived in Moreton Bay, the first to transport convicts (exiles)
direct from Great Britain to Moreton Bay
Port Phillip Aborigines Protectorate is abolished
1850
Convict transportation to Western Australia commenced
Australasian Anti-transportation League was formed
1851
Gold discoveries in New South Wales and Victoria led to gold rushes and increased immigration of free
people
1 July — Victoria separated from New South Wales
2 June — Sir Charles FitzRoy is designated Governor-General of New South Wales, Victoria, Van Diemen's
Land, South Australia and Western Australia
1853
21 April — The Duchess of Northumberland the last convict transport carrying female convicts arrived in
Hobart
26 May — The St Vincent transports the last convicts to Van Diemen's Land
1854
Convicts are removed from Norfolk Island
1855
20 January — Sir William Denison became Governor-General of New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria,
South Australia and Western Australia
The office of the Principal Superintendent of Convicts ceased and the convict establishment broken up
with the remaining duties taken over by the Inspector-General of Police
Van Diemen's Land renamed Tasmania
1856
Reponsible government established in all Australian colonies except Western Australia
Pitcairn Islanders settled on Norfolk Island
1858
Adult Male franchise was introduced
1859
Queensland separated from New South Wales
1861
22 March — Sir John Young became Governor-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of New South Wales and its
Dependencies
1866
12 April — Final meeting of the Convict Classification Board appears to have been held
1867
An Act to prohibit the supply of Intoxicating Liquors to the Aboriginal Natives of New South Wales (31 o
Vic. No. 16)
1868
9 January — The last convicts were transported to Western Australia on the Hougoumont and convict
transportation to Australia ceased
State Records Authority of New South Wales
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