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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