Great Britain. Home Office - Criminal: Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania, 1788-1859 [HO 10/1-64]

PRO 59-87

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432169

Microfilm : PRO 59-87 (most reels are at REF.1, open access).

9 microfilm reels - 35 mm

Lists male and female convicts living in the Colonies of New South Wales and Tasmania. Four main groups of returns: New South Wales; returns, musters, censuses, etc. of convicts in the Colony, 1788-1837 (includes some free men) - Tasmania; lists of returns of convicts, 1808-1849 - New South Wales. Pardons, 1834-1859 - Tasmania; Pardons, 1834-1837, 1841-1859

Original held by the National Archives (Great Britain), formerly the Public Record Office, London.

National Library of Australia holds the microfilm masters.
Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 3 : Home Office - class and piece list, pp.16-17.
Public Record Office: HO 10/1-64.
Original held by Public Record Office, London.
More detailed list for some pieces available from Manuscripts Section, National Library of Australia.
Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/20