CONVICT PARDONS..Trove Tuesday 4th May 2021

Do you have convict ancestors, or are you looking to see if you might have? Not all convicts served the total of their original sentence. Many were given conditional or full pardons as a reward for good behaviour, or having worked well for his/her masters.

NSW Govt Gazette 9 Oct 1839

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 29 April 1840 (No.24) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230137504

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 15 July 1840 (No.43), National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230138096

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 6 January 1843 (No.3) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230102352

Reward!: Fifty sovereigns, and a conditional pardon ... 19 January 1843 

Tasmania. Police Department Broadside

Bequest of Sir William Dixson, 1952 DL Drawer 444

Hobart: James Barnard, Government Printer, [1843]   10.jpg

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 11 April 1851 (No.42) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230692617

Conditional pardon for Patrick Geraghty, 1830 | State Library of NSW   

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 12 September 1851 (No.103) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230771099

NSW Govt Gaz 23 Dec 1851

 Conditional Pardon for Aaron Arrowsmith in State Records NSW.

Images courtesy of State Records NSW

NSW Gov Gaz 29 Aug 1854

Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Wednesday 23 July 1856,  National Library of Australia     http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66006592

Conditional Pardon for John Allen in State Records NSW.

# Extra Reading

On this day in history: Australia’s first convict pardon

Irish in Sydney from First Fleet to Federation