NRS-1151 | List of Convicts: "Minerva", "Speedy", "Royal Admiral", "Minorca", "Canada", "Nile"

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This series forms part of NRS 1150, Convict Indents - First Fleet, Second Fleet and ships to 1801.

This volume contains lists of convicts per the Minerva, Speedy, Royal Admiral (all arrived 1800), and the Minorca, Canada, and Nile (all 1801). The lists show the convict's name, age, date of conviction and sentence, and sometimes occupation.

The Speedy brought out King as Lieutenant Governor; the three last named ships all arrived in December 1801 without their indents, though King was delighted that the convicts on board were landed 'in high health and fit for immediate Labour'. (1)

(4/3999). 1 vol.

Endnote
1. G.D. Richardson, The Archives of the Colonial Secretary's Department, New South Wales, 1788-1856. "The University of Sydney, Department of History. Thesis for the Degree of Master of Arts, February 1951", citing HRA I, 3: 381.

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