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THE PORT JACKSON CONVICTS ANTHOLOGY
$75
A must for every Australian historian. The most informative Australian Convict CD available
This CD contains all of the following:
1. THE CONVICTS TO PORT JACKSON 1788—1849 by surname
· The 82,000 plus convicts who arrived into Port Jackson 1788—1849 · Plus convicts to VDL 1812 to early 1824 · Plus convicts to Moreton Bay 1849—1850 · Plus some convicts to Norfolk Island in 1840 · Over 15,000 Ticket of Leave numbers
The information contained in this file:
Name & alias LU Code—this code indicates whether a convict is also listed in any of the files noted below eg. Applications to Marry, Deaths, Pardons etc Year of arrival Transport name & voyage number Where sent eg. Port Jackson, VDL (Tasmania) , Moreton Bay (Qld) , Norfolk Island Place of trial and court if noted Date of trial, if noted Sentence Age, if noted Crime - from 1826 Many Ticket of Leave numbers
2. THE CONVICTS TO PORT JACKSON 1788—1849 by ship
As above although sorted by ship and year of arrival and the convicts listed alphabetically
Also
3. Convicts Applications to Marry (April) 1810—1851 Lists alphabetically the convicts who obtained permission to marry either another convict or a ‘free’ person in the colony of New South Wales. It also includes those applications that were refused. The information contained in this file is as follows:
Name, Age, Ship & Voyage number if a convict, Sentence, Condition i.e. Free, Bond, FS, GS, TOL, Born Colony, Arrived Free and in most instances the ship on which they arrived if free, Name of other party, Age. Ship & Voyage number if a convict, Sentence, Condition, Year of approval, Clergy & District, Reason for refusal (1826—1851)
4. Convict Death & Burial Index 1828 - 1879 This Index records the convicts who died while still under sentence, although many who had served their sentence are also listed along with a few children of convicts. It also records deaths or burials in other parts of the colony such as Port Phillip, Moreton Bay
There are over 6,000 entries listed and many of these are not contained in the official death registers. Not every convict who died whilst serving their term was recorded on any documentation and therefore not included in this Index. Some names mentioned are convicts who originally were shipped to places other than Port Jackson and some were colonial convicts.
Information contained in this Index~ Name of convict (Surname, given name) Listed alphabetically by surname, Ship on which they were transported, Age noted at death, Year of death or burial, District or Parish & Remarks
5. Assignment Register 1821—1825 Includes: Date assigned, To whom assigned, Residence, Convict, Ship, Comments & remarks. This index does not include every convict assigned during this period.
6. Families of convicts on Bounty Ships 1848—1855. Includes: Name, Age, Calling, Native Place, Country, Religion, Education, Ship and date of arrival
7. Conditional Pardons Granted 1791—1825 & Convicts Recommended for Conditional Pardons 1826—1856
8. Absolute Pardons and Recommendations for Absolute Pardons 1791 – 1846
9. Marriage Licenses granted to free persons 1813 - 1827
10. The Convict Transports Transport Name and Voyage Number, Date of Arrival, Tonnage, Master and Surgeon
11. Selected Documents from Australian History 1788—1848 CD About 1,400 x A4 pages
A compilation of letters, notices, orders, regulations, newspaper articles taken from early historical records including Historical Records of Australia, Sydney Gazette and Sydney Herald
Format is pdf (portable document format).
PRICE: $ 75.00 (single user only) includes packing and postage
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