State Archives Collection

On arrival to the Colony of New South Wales, a convict was either retained by the Government or assigned to an individual

A certificate of freedom was a document stating that a convict's sentence had been served

Convicts with a life sentence could receive a Pardon but not a Certificate of Freedom. The two main types of pardons were Conditional pardon and Absolute Pardon

Convict discipline depended not only on punishment but also on incentives and rewards. Governor King introduced the ticket of leave system in 1801

A history of convict transportation to New South Wales and related records such as trial records and records of the voyage and arrival

A unique collection of records, created by both the British Government and the Colonial administration, dating from 1788 to 1842

Between 1788 and 1842 about 80,000 convicts were transported to New South Wales

A list of convict records in our Collection relating to Van Diemen's Land

Families of convicts sometimes accompanied their convict relations or came out later

A brief overview of the Hyde Park Barracks and a list of convict-related record series

The Moreton Bay penal colony, on traditional Turrbal and Yuggera land, operated from 1824 to 1842 as a place of secondary punishment for convicts who committed serious offences

Indents list the convicts transported to New South Wales