NRS-12200 | Registers of tickets of leave

Full description

This is a record of tickets of leave copied from the ticket of leave butts which provides roughly the same information about ticket-holders as the butts.

The registers provide the following information: the prisoner's number, name, ship and date of arrival, place of conviction, term of sentence, native place, 'calling', height, complexion, colour of eyes and hair, date of ticket, district he is confined to, and any 'general remarks'.

On 1 October 1828 the register changes to a less detailed record, giving only the following information: number, date, progressive number, name, ship, year of arrival, bench by which convict was recommended, and the district he has been assigned to. On 1 July 1833 a new change occurs; instead of listing each ticket individually as before they are grouped together.

There are annotations in the volumes recording such information as the prisoner being transferred to another district, or having his ticket cancelled.

A typescript index to 4/4060 has been prepared by State Records and is filmed on SR Fiche 752, also in the *ARK. In order to locate an entry in the register, the index should be searched for the convict's name; having located this, particular note should be taken of the second number in the Ticket of Leave No. column, ie. the number after the oblique. 

29 Jul 1824-8 Mar 1827 (4/4060; microfiche copy SR Fiche 753-754, microfilm copy SR Reel 890), 16 May 1828-1 Oct 1833 (4/4061-62; microfilm copies SR Reels 890 and 590). 3 vols. 

*ARK 

See Guide to Using the Archives Resources Kit for an item list.

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