HEADLINES OF OLD: details re names-ship-position-employer

Tuesday, 31 August 2021

ABSCONDED CONVICTS Trove Tuesday 31st Aug 2021

These lists hold a wealth of information... including the names of some of those who were later apprehended. They give the name of the ship that transported the convict, whether it was the first voyage or later that that ship had taken .. in brackets.. This first list includes the prisoner's number, then their occupation/trade, followed by physical description, including any identifying posts such as tattoos, deformities, etc. They also name their 'master' or 'mistress', their address and on what date the convict absconded. Not all lists give so much detail, so these are like gold to researchers.

If you can claim any of these listed, please comment below.. maybe others have more to share.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 14 January 1835 (No.150) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230654623

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 25 February 1835 (No.156) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23065483

Tuesday, 3 March 2020

RETURN OF FEMALE CONVICTS... TROVE TUESDAY 3rd Mar 2020

Female convicts could be reassigned at will...perhaps for bad behaviour or unsuitable for the job they were employed for, maybe they were no longer needed, some even had liasons with their employer and the wife demanded they be let go...

The following lists tell you what their position was, what ship they came on and who they were assigned to and where.

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Female Convicts assigned to settlers & other persons 11 Jul 1832

nla.news-page12475370 fem. conv. 18 Jul 1832

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 5 December 1832 (No.40) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230389416

This was typical of the notice published upon the arrival of a new lot of convicts. As well as providing much needed labour, it saved the cost of looking after them being born by the colony.

Govt Gazette 7 Aug 1833

Edict re assignment of female convicts.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 2 December 1840 (No.79) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230139400

By Edward Winstanley From the collections of the State Library of New South Wales [a2255004 / DL PXX 66] (detail from 'Ways and Means or the Last Shift, cartoon featuring Parramatta Female Factory c1844') (Dixson Library))

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 10 March 1843 (No.22), page 3 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230103571