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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George Harvey
George Harvey, one of 270 convicts transported on the Bengal Merchant, 04 August 1836... 
There is more detail on the site, including personal details. You can search for yourself for any convicts in your family history, though not every convict has been added.
Why not add your own research to help others. You may find that others are researching the same convict and can share information.
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