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Tickets of leave* were highly prized, but there were conditions... and they could be cancelled for many reasons...
TROVE has many articles about them, when they were awarded and when they were cancelled. Some of these announcements give quite a lot of detail about the convicts, even down to what ship they arrived on, so it's worth looking through them to add to the story... most give the reason for the cancellation of the ticket. Some interesting reasons...
You can also find most of these if you search through Government Gazettes, also available through TROVE.
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The Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser 23 Aug 1832
The Sydney Herald 10 Feb 1834
The Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser 11 Mar 1837
The Sydney Herald 27 Oct 1841
The Courier Hobart 15 Jul 1842
Launceston Examiner 31 Aug 1842
Courtesy of Wikipedia
The Courier Hobart 7 Apr 1843
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser 27 May 1843
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser 27 May 1846
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wednesday 27 November 1850
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 22 October 1859
* TICKETS OF LEAVE... from the National Library of Australia
Ticket of Leave
A ticket of leave allowed convicts to work for themselves provided that they remained in a specified area, reported regularly to local authorities and attended divine worship every Sunday, if possible. They could not leave the colony.
Further Reading :
TROVE TUESDAY JULY 4TH, 2017 - CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM - CONVICTS - ISSUE 1
TROVE TUESDAY 11TH JULY, 2017 - TICKETS OF LEAVE - CONVICTS- ISSUE 2
FOLLIES, FEARS & FORTUNES? FEMALE CONVICTS - TROVE TUESDAY 8th Oct 2019 PT.1
CONVICTS : TICKETS OF LEAVE, CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM, PERMISSION TO MARRY - TROVE TUESDAY 15th Oct 2019
ABSCONDED CONVICTS, STOLEN CERTIFICATES & TICKETS OF LEAVE TROVE TUESDAY 5th Nov 2019
CONVICTS IN TASMANIA c1831.. Absconders, Certificates of Freedom, Tickets of Leave... TROVE TUESDAY 12 Nov 2019
Convict Index | NSW State Archiveswww.records.nsw.gov.au › ... › Research A-Z › Online Indexes
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