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Compiled by the Newcastle Region Library and reproduced here with their kind permission.

Explanation of Abbreviations
Bench Books
Bench of Magistrates Newcastle & Hunter Region (Microfilm). Please note that although these films have been purchased specifically for their local content, there is also non-local material on the films.

Dungog - Bench Books, Aug 1860 - Dec 1866 (AONSW Reel 668, Vol 4/5538) NNPL

Hyde Park Barracks - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates, Aug - Dec 1832, Jan, Mar 1835; Jan - Sep, Nov 1836 (AONSW Reel 662,Vol X707) NNPL

Lake George - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates, Julu 1835 (AONSW Reel 662, Vol X708) NNPL

Liverpool - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates, 29 Dec 1834 - Jan 1835, March 1835; November 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Vol X708) NNPL

Lower Portland Head - Bench Books, 11 Feb 1836 - 4 Oct 1838 (AONSW Reel 670, Vol 9/2690) NNPL

Maitland - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates,
August - January, July 1835
January - March, May - September, November 1836
(AONSW Reel 662, Volume X708)NNPL

Muswellbrook (Merton) - Bench Books - 2 January 1832 - 12 January 1836 (AONSW Reel 670, Volumes 4/5599, 4/5600) NNPL

Muswellbrook (Merton) - Bench Books 12 February, 1838 - 13 February 1843
(AONSW Reel 671, Volumes 4/5601, 4/5602)NNPL

Muswellbrook (Merton) - Copies of Letters sent,
3rd January 1834 - 10 March 1842
(AONSW Reel 2730-1, Volume 4/5605) NNPL

Muswellbrook (Merton) - Copies of letters sent,
12th January 1838 - 10 December 1851
(AONSW Reel 2730-1, Volume 5/4781) NNPL

Muswellbrook (Merton) - Copies of letters received
21 November 1837 - 30 March 1839
(AONSW Reel 2731, Volume 5/4782) NNPL

Muswellbrook (Merton) - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates
September, November, December 1833
June - December 1836
(AONSW Reel 662, Volume X708) NNPL

Newcastle Bench Books - 13 May 1833 - 13 May 1835 (AONSW Reel 2721, Volume SZ80) NNPL

Newcastle - Bench Books, 9 Jun 1835 - 11 Mar 1836 (AONSW Reel 2721-2, Volume 4/5608) NNPL

Newcastle - Bench Books, 13 Dec 1836 - Dec 1838 (AONSW Reel 2722, Vol 4/5607) NNPL

Newcastle - Copies of Letters Sent
1 March 1844 - 27 November 1848
(AONSW Reel 2722, Volume 4/5609) NNPL

Newcastle - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates
January - July 1835
February - September 1836
(AONSW Reel 662, Volume X708) NNPL

Norfolk Island - Monthly returns of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates December 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Vol X708, NNPL

Parramatta - Monthly returns of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates Jan - Nov 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Volume X708) NNPL

Paterson - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates
July 1835
January - September, November 1836
(AONSW Reel 662, Volume X708) Newcastle Library

Picton (Stonequarry & Cawdor) - Monthly return of summalry trials of convicts vefore Benches of Magistrates, Mar 1835; Jan - Sep, Nov 1836 (AONSW Reel, 662, Vol X709) NNPL

Port Macquarie - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates, Nov 1835; Jan, Feb, Nov 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Vol X709) NNPL

Queanbeyan - Depositions of assigned persons, 6 Jun 1838-23 Oct 1844 (AONSW Reel 677, Vol 4/5650) NNPL

Queanbeyan - Depositions book for free persons, Jun 1838 - Jun 1846 (AONSW Reel 2731 Vol 4/5648) NNPL

Queanbeyan - Deposition book for free persons, Sep 1846 - Nov 1898 (AONSW Reel 2731, Vol 4/5649) NNPL

Raymond Terrace - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates Mar - May 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Volume X709) NNPL

Scone (Invermein) - Bench Books 1 January 1833 - 19 March 1834 (AONSW Reel 677, Volume 7/90) NNPL
18 May 1836 - 1 November 1837
(AONSW Reel 678, Volume 4/7553) NNPL
22 August 1851 - 12 October 1855
(AONSW Reel 678, Volume 4/5654) NNPL
1858 - 1859
(AONSW Reel 679, Volume 4/5655) NNPL

Scone (Invermein)
Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates October - November 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Volume X707) NNPL

Singleton (Patricks Plains) - Bench Books 2 July - 10th December 1835 (AONSW Reel 679, Volume 5/7685) NNPL
26 August 1839 - 3 July 1841 (AONSW Reel 680, Volume 4/5662) NNPL
3 July 1841 - 3 July 1844 (AONSW Reel 681, Volume 5/7686) NNPL

 Singleton - Register of Convicts tried before the Bench 1833 (AONSW Reel 681, Volume 7/3714) NNPL

Singleton (Patricks Plains) - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates October - December 1833, March, July 1835, January - March, May - September, November 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Volume X709) NNPL

Sutton Forest - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates, Jan - Feb 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Vol X709) NNPL

Sydney - Judge Advocate's Bench Proceedings 16 Aug 1808 - 10 Mar 1810 (AONSW Reel 657, Vol SZ770) NNPL
Sydney - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates, Oct - Dec 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Vol X709) NNPL

Vale of Clywd - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates, May - Jun, Sep, Nov 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Vol X709) NNPL

Wingello - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates, Jul - Aug 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Vol X709) NNPL

Wollongong - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates, Sep 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Vol X709) NNPL

Yass - Monthly return of summary trials of convicts before Benches of Magistrates, Mar - Sep, Nov - Dec 1836 (AONSW Reel 662, Vol X709) NNPL

Muswellbrook Police Books held at MUHHS (Microfilm)


NEWCASTLE PENAL SETTLEMENT
Shipping Lists of Convicts sent to Newcastle for secondary punishment 1811 - 1822, 1825 NNPL (Microfilm)

Monthly returns of Punishment - December 1810 - October 1825 (AONSW Reel 689)
Shows the name of the convict, ship arrived in, master's name, number of lashes ordered and by whom, the number of administered, and the offence. NNPL (Microfilm)

Returns of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths - July 1818 - 1823 (AONSW Reel 693) Records only commenced with the visit of the first clergyman to Newcastle in 1818. NNPL (Microfilm)

See also the Colonial Secretary's In Letters, 1788-1825

Newcastle Gaol Entrance Books - 11 September 1829 - 1848 (AONSW Reels 755-7) Includes arrival ship, free or bond, religion, birth place and date of admittance to gaol, purpose and behavious in gaol.

Newcastle Gaol Description Books - 1832 - 1848
(AONSW Reels 758-9) Includes arrival ship, stature, birth date, complexion and history. NNPL (Microfilm)

Quarter Sessions Records Held on microfilm for local areas.
Newcastle - August 1826 - February 1829 (AONSW Reel 2410)
Maitland - February 1830 - May 1836 (AONSW Reels 2405-9)NNPL



WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Index to Convict Records of Western Australia 1847-1900 NNPL

Western Australia Records ticket of leave registers and occurrence books 1851-1887 NNPL

Convicts in Western Australia 1850-1887 Volume 9 of 'Dictionary of W.A.' series NNPL



TASMANIA
Before 1825 Tasmanian Convict Records are included in the NSW Indents. After 1825 records are held by the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW

Tasmanian Convicts
Index to records held by Archives Office Tasmania 1804-1853. Including locally convicted individual up to 1893 NNPL (CD-Rom)

Convict Indents & Musters 1810, 1853
Tasmania 1803-1820 LDS (Microfiche)

Tasmania 1803-1820 - Records of convicts, and the people and families of Tasmania 1803-1820 NNPL (Microfiche)

Index Tasmanian Convicts and Miscellany 1821-1854 NNPL (Microfiche)

Transports are Here: Convicts and the Colony A - Z (Contains anecdotes, miscellany etc regarding Convicts) NNPL

Also useful are the following books for early Tasmanian convict information:

NICHOLLS, M: Diary of the Reverend Robert Knopwood 1803-1838. Knopwood held the position of Chaplain to the settlement of Port Arthur for this period. NNPL


GENERAL INFORMATION
Some individual vessels have had books written about them, these are:
1. Women of the 1790 Neptune
2. Settler & Seditionists (Surprise 1794)

Books have also been written about the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fleets giving short biographies of the convicts and their descendants.

Also helpful are the following books:

BATESON, C - Convict Ships of Australia 1788-1868

COBLEY, J - The Crimes of the Lady Juliana Convicts 1790

JAUNAY, G - South Australian Convicts sentenced to Transportation 1837-1851

JONES, M - From Places Now Forgotten: List of convicts tried in places other than the United Kingdom and Ireland

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