ABSCONDED CONVICTS Trove Tuesday 26th Apr 2022

 

 Details can include names, home, name of ship of arrival, age, physical description, any identifying marks, occupations/trade, sometimes personal relationships.

Note the various dates from when they absconded, some did so years before these notices.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 20 April 1836 (No.218) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230672154

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An example of two different types of convict labour. In the foreground are two convicts erecting a post-and-rail fence, whilst behind them an unironed gang brings timber to the Port Arthur settlement (Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, DGA 64/v.1, ‘Gentlemen Convicts – The Centipede’, Thomas Lempriere, ca 1836).

Illustration no 232: ‘The carpenter’s shop’, from ‘Illustrations of useful arts, manufactures, and trades’ by Charles Tomlinson, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, [1858]. Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Sydney Living Museums

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 4 May 1836 (No.220) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230672289

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New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 11 May 1836 (No.221).National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230672290

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TICKETS OF LEAVE..MALE AND FEMALE ..Trove Tuesday 5th April 2022

 

The Hobart Town Courier 23 Mar 1838

Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827 - 1839), Friday 18 May 1838, page 2 National Library of Australia   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4164904

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Sydney Herald Fri 18 Mar 1842 p.4.

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The Sydney Herald 21 Jun 1841.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 19 July 1844 (No.65), page 934 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230676689

Female convict costume, 2020, ACT Historic Places display items 

Image credit: Jennifer Elton

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 19 June 1846 (No.50), page 75 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230142624

Women dressed as convicts at Hyde Park Barracks. Photo © Fiona Morris for 

Sydney Living Museums

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Tuesday 18 August 1846 (No.69) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230143378

Tickets of Leave

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Convicts Tickets of Leave