Showing posts with label NSW & Tasmania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NSW & Tasmania. Show all posts

Tuesday, 28 September 2021

ABSCONDED CONVICTS 28th Sep 2021



A selection of notices from 1825, NSW & Tasmania, great descriptions of many. They note the country of origin..many Irish,  the offence committed, former occupation, length of sentence, etc.

The Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser 13 Jan 1825



Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821 - 1825), Friday 8 April 1825, National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1090646

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During its peak, the penal colony at Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula had turned into a small town.(State Library of New South Wales, public domain )

Hobart Town Gazette (Tas. : 1825 - 1833), Saturday 12 November 1825, page 3, National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8791503



Hyde Park Barracks, courtesy of Sydney Living Museums

Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Thursday 27 October 1825, page 4 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2184584

as above

Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Thursday 27 October 1825, page 4


Government and General Order. Colonial Secretary's Office, 25th October, 1825.

THE Governor has been pleased to approve of the following Appointments :... 

In the Town of Liverpool-Thomas Cole (free), to be a Constable, in the Room of M'Donald, resigned.

In the District of Cawdor-Stephen Curran, Ship Baring, (1st), to be Constable and Scourger.

In the District of Bringelly-Robert Smith (free), to be Chief Constable, in the Room of Bradley, dismissed ; and Michael M'Mahon (free), to be Poundkeeper, and an Ordinary Constable, in the Room of Smith, promoted.-.Appointments to bear Date the 2lst Instant.

In the District of Windsor -.Colebee, a Black Native, to be a Constable, from the 15th Instant, in the Room of Yurramoroo, absent without Leave.

By His Excellency's Command, F. Goulburn, Colonial Secretary. Principal Superintendent's Office,

Sydney, October 25, 1825

THE undermentioned Prisoners having absented themselves from their respective Employments, and some of them at large with false Certificates, all Constables and others are hereby required to use their utmost Exertions in lodging them in safe Custody: ---

2. Appleby, Thomas Tottenham, 26, Coventry, 5 feet 7 and a half, hazle eyes, brown hair, ruday complexion, Government Servant to Mr. Thomas Chaseling, Portland Head.

3. Bright, John Malabar, 23, Southwark, 5 feet 2 and 3 quarters, blue eyes, brown hair, fair pale complexion, from Bathurst Station.

1. Barber, Jacob Minstrel, 22, Hardwick, 5 feet 7 and a half, grey eyes, brown hair, fresh comp. from Mr. H. M'Arthur's Clearing Party.

2. Carnegy, Charles Adamant, 31, London, 5 feet 6 and a half, dark eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, Go-vernment Servant to Mr. George Morris, Sydney.

3. Dyer, John Asia, 20, Queen's County, 5 feet 4 and 3 quarters, light blue eyes, brown hair, brown freckled complexion, from escort to Parramatta Court.

2. Evans, Edward Elizabeth, 25, Gloucestershire, 5 feet 5, dark hair, dark brown eyes, sallow complexion,

Government Servant to Mr. Thomas Chaseling, Portland Head.

I. Godden, James Mangles, 26, Hants, 5 feet 3, blue eyes, brown hair, brown comp. from Longbottom.

1. Leonard, Patrick Lonroch, 30, Drogheda, 5 feet 6 and a half, grey eyes, light brown hair, freckled comp. from Mr. F. Jones, Liverpool, charged with Robbery.

1. Laragy, John Isabella (2), 24, Monaghan, 5 feet 3, grey eyes, brown hair, freckled comp.from Hyde Park Batrack. 

3. Landridge, John Grenada (2), 21, St. Leonard, 5 2 and a quarter, grey eyes, black hair, dark florid com-plexion, from Bathurst Station. .

3 Leach, Wm. Admiral Gambier, from Owen Meehan's Road Party.

3. Murphy, John Dick, 21, London, 5 feet 4, hazel eyes, brown hair, dark sallow complexion, from Bathurst Station.

2 Mackay, Patrick Minerva (3), 24, Thurles, 5 feet 4 and three quarters, hazle eyes, brown hair, ruddy freckled complexion Lieut. Bell's Clearing Party.

I. Mullen, James Lonnoch, 24, Roscommon, 5 feet 6, grey eyes, dark brown hair, fair freckled comp. from Mr. Lawson's Clearing Party.

1. Reid, James Lonnoch, 19, County Mayo, 5 feet 4 and a half, grey eyes, dark brown hair, fair freckled comp. from Mr Lawson's Clearing Party.

2. Ramsay or Rambluy, Thomas Larkins, 28, Bucks, 5 feet 5 and a half, hazel eyes, sandy hair, florid comp. Escaped from the Watch-house, Bringelly, under charge of Felony.

2. Savage, Amelia Grenada, 23, London, 4 feet 1 and a quarter, dark eyes, black hair, pale complexion, Govern-ment Servant to Mr. John Eyre, Parramatta

1. Taylor, Henry Ann (2), from Mr. Moore's Clearing Party.

Any Person harbouring, concealing, or maintaining any of the said Absentees, will be prosecuted for the Offence.     F. A. Hely, Principal Superintendent.

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Tuesday, 12 May 2020

TICKETS OF LEAVE, CONDITIONAL PARDONS, NSW & TASMANIA, female & male..Trove Tuesday 12th May 2020





TICKETS OF LEAVE, CONDITIONAL PARDONS, 
NSW & TASMANIA, 
female & male




New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 18 November 1842 (No.92) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230359927







New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 19 April 1844 (No.38)  National Library of Australia  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230147539











Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Friday 24 December 1852, page 12 National Library of Australia  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36264623









Further Reading :

* See below.. freely available on Gutenberg...

History of Australian Bushranging
Volume I
by
Charles White

Author of "Convict Life in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land" and "The Story of the Blacks"


In 4 parts, picture covers, illustrated, 1s. each, or 2 volumes, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. each


http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks12/1201961h.html











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