CONVICT PARDONS Trove Tuesday 12th Sept 2023

 

Did your ancestral convict get a pardon? All states that had convicts sent to them also granted pardons to some convicts. Some were conditional, some were absolute. There were also some offers of rewards offered... the amount did vary, according to the level of crimes committed or in some cases, behaviour of the convict while imprisoned.

The following clippings are selected from the numerous posts that are available through TROVE. 

You can also find many more entries by using the search bar at the end of this page to read previous posts I have compiled re Convict Pardons.

Click to enlarge.. or click on the highlighted link to find the original entry.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 9 January 1839 (No.381), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230382461

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 26 June 1839 (No.427)   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230383965

State Library NSW

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 30 October 1839 (No.462 )   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230384831

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 31 July 1839 (No.437),    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230384181

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 27 November 1839  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230385122

* On this day in history: Australia’s first convict pardon

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/on-this-day/2016/02/on-this-day-in-history-our-first-convict-pardon/

TROVE TUESDAY 28th Feb 2023 Convict Pardons

 

Government Gazettes are the Treasure Chest of information for anyone with a colonial background or just a passion for history. One of my most interesting finds was the discovery of a pardon published re a man I'd been searching for as a favour to someone else. He was adamant that his ancestor had worked for the government, therefore a public servant. 

I'd searched so many lists to no avail, till one day I found him.. he had indeed worked for the government.. on a road gang along with a whole lot of other 'public servants' .. thought so highly of that they were all chained together. That find was years ago, in a government gazette... he decided not to tell his grandmother anything different, rather let her believe the family story. I have often wondered if she knew all along and had tried to shelter her family. These days, most are delighted to have some Australian Royalty in their ancestry. 

If the above lead in seems familiar, it is because I have posted this previously, however I thought it was worth repeating.  Any time I research convicts, I often wonder if 'grandmother' ever knew just how connected to the government her ancestor had been...

You can click on images to enlarge or read the original via the highlighted link.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 9 January 1839 (No.381), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230382461

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 26 June 1839 (No.427),  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230383965

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 31 July 1839 (No.437), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230384181

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 27 November 1839 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230385122

For further information re particular convicts, you can search TROVE or go to https://convictrecords.com.au 

https://www.nla.gov.au/research-guides/convicts

https://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/convicts-bound-for-australia/trial_court_records

https://www.bda-online.org.au/sources/convict-records/

just to name a few..

You can also use the search bar at the end of each page.