NRS-10981 | Daily work record of Convict Gang

Full description

This volume records particulars of each convict's daily work, identifying them by their name and ship, date, class, nature of employment, amount of work performed, conduct, industry, reference letter, and overseer's signature (H. Skinner). In front of the volume there are instructions as to how the Work Book was to be filled out and definitions of "Degrees of Conduct" and "Degrees of Industry". The volume is believed to relate to a Farm Gang employed on land at Elizabeth Bay, now belonging to the Kincoppal Convent of the Sacred Heart.

(2/8395). 1 vol.

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This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.