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NEW SOUTH WALES – COLONIAL SECRETARY
LETTERS RELATING TO MORETON BAY AND QUEENSLAND
RECEIVED 1822 – 1860
LETTERS RECEIVED 1838 - 1839 AND PAPERS FILED WITH THEM – REEL A2.10
CONTINUED FROM REEL A2.9
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CS REF NO
38/04510
DATE
RECD
1838 05 07
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 04 16
CONTENTS
Letter submitting List of 4 Prisoners whose term of servitude at Moreton Bay has
expired & who desire to remain – such additional servitude to lead to ticket of
leave - labour needed [No 38/7]
Recommends William Wells, Thomas Holford & John Edmonds – ticket of leave
Also re William Booth – sawyer
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List of Convicts whose Colonial Sentences have expired who wish to remain at
Moreton Bay until they become entitled to the indulgence of a Ticket of Leave
1 William Wells/ “Katherine Stewart Forbes” – bricklayer
2 Thomas Holford/ “Atlas” 4 – sawyer
3 John Edmonds/ “Lord Melville” – harness maker
4 William Booth/ “Aurora” – sawyer
38/04511
1838 05 07
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 04 18
Letter reporting difficulties of getting stock etc across the Brisbane River –
instructed Foreman of Works Petrie to construct a ferry boat – no suitable vessel
at Settlement - made use of boatbuilder “Goodwin” detained at Moreton Bay
[No 38/8]
Outlines costs – will also convey timber & stone along & across the “Brisbane”
&
Notes in margin
George Barney, Major R E
1838 05 19~
Notes re above
Re Mr Petrie’s involvement
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 04 21
Re letter sent to Foreman of Works at Moreton Bay from Head of Department in
Sydney reprimanding Mr Petrie for recovering stranded property from wreck at
Northern entrance to Moreton Bay – ordered to be undertaken by Commandant
[No 38/9]
Enclosing copy of letter from the Commandant of Engineers & Extract from
Penal Settlement Regulations
Mentions Mr Petrie & visit to Briby’s Island, also Lieut Russell – wreck supposed
to contain quantity of cedar
&
Notes re above
Mr Petrie
Foreman of Works
Royal Engineers Office,
Sydney
George Barney, Major
commanding Royal Engineers
1838 03 11
Letter re visit to the coast to look after wreck – instructed to adhere strictly to
Ordnance
Duties against Commandant’s orders – pay will be affected
“A true copy – Sydney Cotton, Major 28th Regt, Commandant”
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38/04512
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38/04513
1838 05 07
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
38/01627
[could be
38/01027]
1838 02 14
His Ex Col Kenneth
Snodgrass, Acting
Governor in Chief
At Mr Martin’s, Pages River nr
Liverpool Plains
John White
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 04 23
Charles Tuffering?,
Prosecutor John Shipman?,
R Kerr, R G Martin, E B Uhr,
Alexander Macleod, George
Dight, ? Peels River,
E White?, J Kelso,
A Macleod, A L Wightman,
J K Campbell, William Carter,
Benjamin Singleton
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Extracts from the Regulations of Penal Settlements
Regulations affecting the Officers & free persons at Penal Settlement
“A true extract – Sydney Cotton, Major 28th Regt, Commandant”
Letter reporting arrival of Schooner “Isabella” – delayed with gales –
acknowledges receipt of letters [No 38/10]
1 Re Schooner “Susan” of Sydney in Moreton Bay in distress – took on water &
put to sea
2 Reporting Sloop “Regent Bird” leaky – condemned by Board of Officers
3 Re Elizabeth White/ “Williams” – deserves indulgence – returning Memorial of
woman’s son [Memorial see p 024]
4 Re duties of Mr Parker, Government Agriculturist – requests horse be shipped
for him
5 Re Daniel Sweeney/ “Daphne” – accidentally drowned
6 Re accompanying List marked “No 1” of names for favourable consideration –
gives particulars & recommendations re
- William Chaffey/ native of colony
- John Greenhatch [also spelt Greenhalgh]/ “Speke” 3
- Constantine Molloy/ “John Barry”
- Robert Giles/ “Lord Exmouth” [as it is]
- John Smith/ “Chapman” & John Marsden/ “Chapman” – mentions sent to
Moreton Bay with Joseph Griffiths/ “Waterloo”
- John Webster/ “Champion”
- Henry Sketland alias William Thompson/ “Sophia”
[List not filmed here]
7 Re William Wells/ “Catherine Stewart Forbes” [also spelt Katherine Stewart
Forbes] & accompanying Return “No 2” – to return to Head Quarters
[Return “No 2” – see p 033]
8 Requests despatch of vessel to Settlement as soon as possible – shortage of
flour, medicines, winter supply of slop clothing, ball ammunition
9 Requests supply of forms for supplies
10 Enclosing Manifest of cargo, list of passengers & records of prisoners
proceeding to Head Quarters by Schooner “Isabella”[Manifest see p 027]
&
Notes in margin throughout
Memorial of John White (8 years of age) son of Elizabeth White – for mitigation
of his mother’s sentence – tried at Maitland Quarter Sessions under name of
Eliza Williams alias White – annexes Testimonials & recommendations
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Recommendation
Re Elizabeth White alias Williams
[Signatures difficult to decipher]
“K S”
1838 02 10~
Notes re above
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1838 04 21
1838 04 00~
His Ex Maj Gen Sir
Richard Bourke,
Governor
CONTENTS
Manifest of the Cargo and number of passengers shipped on board H M Col
Schooner “Isabella” at Moreton Bay for Sydney 21 April 1838
Passengers
Lieut Russell H M 28th Regt
Asst Surgeon Alexander H M 28th Regt
Mr Waldron, Commissariat Dept
Mrs Petrie
2 Non-commissioned officers & 11 rank and file, 4 women & 7 children H M 28th
Regt, Sarah Curry the daughter of a female convict, 18 male & 5 female convicts
List of Expirees forwarded to Sydney from Moreton Bay per Schooner “Isabella”
on the day of April 1838
1 Margaret Hayes/ “Woodman”
Bridget Fletch/ “Lady Rowena”
Margaret Clarke/ “Lady Rowena”
Mary A O’Brien/ “Mary Ann”
5 James Earley/ “Prince Regent”
Thomas Earls or Connor/ “Mangles” 4
Thomas McCoy/ “Lord Melville”
Ann Maher/ “Andromeda”
John Murphy/ “Lord Sidmouth”
10 John Savage/ “Lucy Davidson”
Thomas Smith/ “Roslyn Castle” [as it is – see also Thomas Smith/ “Champion”]
John Winch/ “Hilsborough” [as it is]
William Plomer Daniel/ “Malabar”
Michael Rooney/ came free
15 Andrew Gatton/ came free
John Brackenridge/ “Ferguson”
John Phillips/ “Vittoria’
Thomas McDermott/ “Ferguson”
Thomas Collins/ “Mariner”
20 John Main/ “Guildford” 8
Edward Gallagher/ “Hercules” 3
Hugh McCourt/ “Captain Cook”
23 Samuel Derrington/ “Speke” 3
Petition of Constantine Molloy – constable in Windsor Police – conditional
pardon for successful capture of bushrangers – joined Sydney Police – also
worked as storekeeper for John Lamb – praying for mitigation of sentence for
stealing
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H M Hulk “Phoenix”
1835 09 17
Police Office, Windsor
S North JP, Superintendent of
Police
W Cox JP, W Richardson JP
Francis Beddek, Solicitor
Archibald Bell
1835 09 29
Certificate
031
G K Holden, P Secy
1835 10 15
Notes re above
032
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38/04822
1838 05 15
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
Miller, D C G
1838 05 14
38/05163
1838 05 23
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson, Harbour
Master
1838 05 23
38/04504
1838 05 07
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 04 09
Brisbane Town, Moreton Bay
James Hexton
1838 04 05
1838 06 02
Major Cotton,
Commandant,
Moreton Bay
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1838 05 31
H M Dock Yard, Sydney
John Nicholson
1838 05 30
Female Factory, Parramatta
P L Campbell JP, Visiting
Justice
Office of Ordnance, Sydney
Richard Rogers, Storekeeper
1838 06 06
38/05581
38/05581
38/05784
1838 06 07
Hon CS
38/05070
1838 05 21
Hon CS
38/04508
1838 05 07
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
CONTENTS
“No 2”
Particulars of a Constable whose Term of Servitude expires on the following
date agreeable to the 62nd Paragraph of Penal Settlement Regulations 18th April
1838
William Wells/ “Katherine Stewart Forbes”
Letter re report of difficulty growing grain at Moreton Bay – shortage of labour
Mentions cutting of timber only other work at Moreton Bay [No 464]
&
Notes in margin
Returning communication re J Hexton’s (Pilot at Moreton Bay) application for
increase in salary – amount [Communication – see p 041]
Suggests same salary as Master of Sloop “Foster Fyans” - recommends Licence
be prepared in Hexton’s favour for the Port of Moreton Bay
&
Notes in margin
Forwarding letter from James Hexton – Pilot of Moreton Bay – recommends
increase in pay - mentions Edward King Master of Sloop “Captain Fyans” &
salary increase [No 38/1]
Letter re pay as Pilot at Moreton Bay – discusses his situation
Mentions Edward King & Cutter “Regent Bird”, also Cutter “Glory” - appointed
Pilot at Amity Point on death of William Morris
Enclosing Manifest of cargo, etc shipped on H M Col Schooner “Isabella” for
Moreton Bay – ready to proceed
&
Notes in margin
Manifest of Cargo, Passengers etc shipped on H M Col Schooner “Isabella” for
Moreton Bay
Passengers
Revd Mr Smyath? & Lady
German missionaries
Mrs Petrie & daughter
Letter returning documents & indicating that “articles mentioned” [spinning
wheels] are at the Establishment
1838 05 19
Letter re spinning wheels etc at Female Factory at Parramatta (listed in margin)
– could be repaired and sent to Moreton Bay
1838 05 20
1838 08 13~
1838 04 12
Notes re above
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Forwarding 2 letters from Henry Cox, Superintendent of Female factory &
School at Moreton Bay & wife as Matron - query re rations for himself & family
[No 38/5]
Recommends Mr Cox – soap being made & submitting proposal that cloth could
be manufactured – employment of female prisoners [Ref 38/05070]
&
Notes in margin throughout
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Eagle Farm
Henry Cox
38/04508
38/04508
38/06900
1838 07 06
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 04 10
054 – 055
Note
Penal Settlements – Orphan Schools: Rations for the wives
056
1838 05 14~
Note
Re Penal Settlement Regulations & Scale of Ration for Office of Matron
057 – 058
Letter re employment for women at Moreton Bay – suggests weaving woollen
cloth for clothing, machines could be made at Moreton Bay by carpenter –
requirements
&
Notes re above
Transmitting Lists of Prisoners male & female under penal sentence at Moreton
Bay entitled to consideration under Act of Council 1Victoria 1838 – character of
each individual shown in column of remarks [No 38/10]
Recommends constables & overseers – mentions 3 female & one male prisoner
at Moreton Bay who have not served prescribed period
Margin
John Hagan/ came free
Anne Unwin/ “Midas”
Sarah Richards/ “Marianne”
Mary Mathews/ “Palambang” [also spelt Palambam]
059 – 060
Eagle Farm
Henry Cox
1838 03 30
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 06 19
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
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Letter re rations & salary for himself & family
Major Cotton 28th
Regt, Commandant
38/06900
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At top: “This Return does not include Female Prisoners”
List of Male Convicts at Moreton Bay included in the Commandants List as
eligible for the Conditional Remission of Sentence under the Act of Council 1
Victoria 1838
[Numerical Return – no names]
064
Note re above
065
Note
066
Alphabetical List of Prisoners eligible under the Provisions of the Act of Council
of the 1st Victoria 1838 “for the Conditional Remission of Sentences of Convicts
transported to Moreton Bay” with remarks shewing [sic] the Characters of the
Prisoners
Richard Allen/ “Royal Admiral” – errand boy
William Austin/ “Elizabeth” – laborer
James Ando/ “Guildford” 7 – laborer
John Batley/ “Marquis of Hastings” - reaper
Thomas Barton/ “Fairlie” – waterman
James Bent/ “Midas” – cotton spinner
James Bennett/ “Andromeda” – cook
Charles Benson/ “Lord Lyndoch”[also spelt Lord Lyndock] – laborer
Edward Birmingham/ “Marquis of Huntley” – tinker
Francis Black/ “Hadlow” – tailor
William Breffitt/ “Shipley” – laborer
Thomas Brooks/ “Grenada” – collier
067 – 088
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George Brown/ “Ocean” 1 – sailor boy
Thomas Bradley/ “Coromandel” 3 – stableman
Michael Brian/ “Eliza” 5 – servant
John Buckley/ “Asia” 2 – calico printer
David Bracewell/ “Layton” – ordered by Secretary of State to Moreton Bay
Thomas Burke/ “Marquis of Huntley” 2 (3?) – sailor
John Booth/ “Fortune” – cabinet maker
John Barrin (Barrow or Barron crossed out)/ “Henry Porcher” – tailor
Jeremiah Buckley/ “Blenheim” – laborer
Daniel Connor/ ”Hindostan” – tailor
William Carew/ “Lord Sidmouth” – laborer
Michael Cassidy/ “Guildford” 2 – servant
Peter Cassidy/ “Martha” – laborer
James Claussey/ “Somersetshire” – stonemason
Samuel Challenger/ “Albion” – ploughman
William Chaffey/ born in colony – laborer
Edward Colgan/ “Isabella” 2 – pedlar
James Coppin/ “Katherine Stewart Forbes” – laborer
Brian Coyle/ “Prince Regent” – laborer
Joseph Coley/ “Speke” 3 – coral bead maker
William Covell or Champion/ “Mellish” – ploughman
Thomas Crout/ “England” – poulterer
William Crisby/ “England” – laborer
George Crow/ “Earl St Vincent” – carter
Patrick Cullen/ “Countess of Harcourt” – laborer
John Darcey/ “Anne & Amelia” – carter
Edward Danns/ “Captain Cook”1 – ? carpenter
James Deegan/ “John Barry” 2 – laborer
Alexander Dennison or McAllister/ “Hercules” 3 – pressman
Patrick Devoy/ “Canada” – laborer
John Dakin/ “Mary” 4 – farm servant
Thomas Dorman/ “Waterloo” – laborer
Alexander Donaldson/ “Florentia” 1 – book binder’s boy
John Duffy/ “Henry Porcher” – hostler
Cornelius Dunn/ “Java” – stockman
Thomas Delvin/ “Elizabeth” 1 – seaman
Michael Duffy/ “Batavia” – harness maker
John Eagan/ “Eliza” 3 – laborer
Morgan Edwards/ “Competitor” – laborer
James Fitzsimmons/ “Mangles” 5 – timber faller
John Finnelley/ “Java” – farm laborer
Thomas Field/ “John” 1 – farm servant
Bartholomew Flynn/ “Guildford” 3 – laborer
Bryan Flanagan/ “Marquis of Huntley” – farm servant
John Fletcher/ “Camden” – draper
John Ford/ “Atlas” 2 – laborer
Martin Fraley/ “John Barry” 2 – laborer
Peter Glynn/ “John” 1 – laborer
Martin Grady/ “Earl St Vincent” 3 – weaver
John Greenhalgh/ “Speke” 2 – laborer
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Thomas Grant/ “Almorah” 2 – carter
James Graham/ “Nithsdale” – carter
Patrick Guff/ “Dorothy” – laborer
John Gunn/ “Recovery” – type founder
Robert Giles/ “Exmouth” – shoe maker
Henry Heggs/ “Nithsdale” – ploughs
James House/ “Batavia” – fisherman
Thomas Hudson/ “Minstrel” 2 – brick maker
Simon Hunt/ “Shipley” 2 – gardener
James Hutchinson/ “Ocean” 3 – fisherman
Richard Irvin alias James Aston/ “General Stewart”
Thomas Johnson/ “Eliza” – errand boy
Thomas Jones/ “Countess of Harcourt” – chandler
John Johnson/ “Morley” 2 – sawyer
John Kite/ “Mangles” 1 – laborer
Laurence Kelly/ “Southworth” – clerk
Denis Kellisher/ ”Eliza” 6 – laborer
John Lawlor/ “Mangles” 4 – laborer
William George Lewis/ “Albion” 1 – laborer
Frederick Lloyd/ “Marquis of Hastings” – shoe maker
Jacob Lord/ “Andromeda” – factory boy
Thomas Lurchens/ “Lord Melville” – cabin boy
John Lampier/ “Shipley” 1 – cobler [as it is]
James McKinnon/ “Marquis of Huntley” – servant
John Madden or Watkins/ “Hercules” 3 – ploughman
James Martin/ “Asia” 2 – horse breaker
John Mayhall/ “Morley” 2 – cotton weaver
Philip McGrory/ “Regalia” – shoe maker
Peter McGrath/ “Mellish” – dyer & printer
James McGrath/ “Countess of Harcourt” – laborer
Michael McEvoy/ “Roslyn Castle” 2 – farm servant
James Mann/ “Marquis of Huntley” 3 [Marquis of Hastings deleted] – coach
maker
John Marooney/ “Isabella” 2 – laborer
George Mitchell/ “Norfolk” 2 – laborer
Edward Mott/ “Countess of Harcourt” – bricklayer
John Murphy or Murray/ “Royal Admiral” – blacksmith’s boy
Thomas McCarthy/ “Isabella” 4 – stone cutter
Archibald Noble/ “Atlas” 4 – cow herd
John Neville/ “Asia” 10 – hostler
Michael Noonan/ “Prince Regent” 2 – butcher
Edward Owen/ “Agamemnon” – gardener
Patrick O’Neill/ “Agamemnon” – laborer
John Olding/ “Norfolk” 2 – laborer
Joseph O’Halloran/ “Roslyn Castle” 2
James Owen/ “Camden” 1 – stableman
Christmas Paulgrove/ “Guildford” 6 – laborer
Barachio Parnacott/ “Florentia” 2 – laborer
William Power/ “Earl St Vincent” – laborer
Thomas Poole/ “Asia” – buckle burnisher
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Bartlett Quillan/ “Asia” 4 – shoe maker
Edward Robinson/ “John” 1 – quarryman
William Ryan/ “Medina” – laborer
Edward Raye/ “Lady Harewood” – laborer
James Ralph/ “Surry” 1 – laborer
Richard Thomas Rushtin/ “Glatton” – nailor
John Saw/ “Surry” – plasterer
William Stopher/ “Blenheim” – groom
Charles Styring/ “Norfolk” – silk weaver
Richard Smith/ “Captain Cook” – errand boy
Thomas Smith/ “Champion” – foundry boy
James Stapleton/ “Isabella” 2 – butcher
Denis Sheehan/ “Castle Forbes” [Katherine Stewart Forbes deleted] – butcher
Thomas Smyth/ “Cambridge” – laborer
John Scriver/ ”Asia” 2 – hawker & soldier
James Stapleton/ “Borodino” – butcher
James Scott/ “Speke” 3 – shoe maker
James Scanlan/ “Sophia” – pedlar
Harry Sketland or William Thomson/ “Sophia” – land steward
Charles Smith/ “Glory” – barber
James Stephen/ “Florentia”1 - maltster
Richard Snead/ “Mangles” – file-moulder
Daniel Stewart/ “Morley” 5 – comb-maker
Thomas Treslove/ “Grenada” 1 – teacher
James Turner/ “Prince Regent”1 - sailor
William Taylor/ “Aurora” – plasterer’s boy
Richard Viney/ “Surry” 7 – groom
John Usher/ “Medina” – carter
James Warren/ “Minerva” 3 – servant
Joseph Waterhouse/ “Lady Feversham” [also spelt Lady Faversham] – clerk
Joseph Webb/ “Hooghley” – laborer
Joseph Whitely/ “John” 3 – cotton spinner
George Walker/ “Earl St Vincent” – laborer
Edward Welsh/ “Countess of Harcourt” – laborer
John Walsh or Gallagher/ “Sir Godfrey Webster” – butcher
Edward Ward/ “Albion” 2 – laborer
Edward Welsh/ “City of Edinbro” [also spelt City of Edinburgh] – laborer
John Webster/ “Champion” – weaver
Michael Whelan/ “Eliza” 3 – laborer
Samuel White/ “Asia” 9 - herdsman
William White/ “General Stewart” – seaman
John Wilson/ “Dunvegan Castle” – shepherd
Peter Wilson/ “Guildford” 2 – laborer
Henry Wilson/ “Albion” 1 – shoe maker
Isaac Woolf/ “Mary” 2 – laborer
Thomas Woods/ “Aurora” – coachman
Robert Wright/ “Albion” 2 – house painter
Charles Young/ “Mangles” 2 – cotton spinner
William Yates/ “Larkins” – ? blade finisher
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Alphabetical List of Prisoners (Female) eligible under the Provisions of the Act of
Council of the 1st Victoria 1838 for the Conditional Remission of Sentences of
Convicts transported to Moreton Bay with Remarks shewing [sic] the Characters
of the Prisoners
Catherine A’Hern/ “City of Edinbro” – housemaid
Rebecca Bayley/ “Lucy Davidson” – all work
Mary Burns or Catherine Gibson/ “Experiment” - servant
Mary Brown or Alden/ “Princess Charlotte” – servant
Mary Byrne/ “Palamban” [also spelt Palambam] – housemaid
Mary Blackmore or Blackman/ “Roslyn Castle” – dairymaid
Mary Bergan/ “Lady Rowena”
Honorah Bagnall/ “Hooghley”
Ann Burns/ “Pyramus”
Mary A Carroll [see also Mary Ann Carroll]/ “Louisa” – dairymaid
Sarah Carlisle/ “Asia” – servant
Honorah Connor/ “City of Edinbro” – servant
Elizabeth Costelloe convicted as Williams or White/ “Princess Charlotte” – house
servant
Margaret Corry/ “Sovereign” – housemaid
Eleanor Campbell or Smith/ “Princess Charlotte” – washerwoman
Frances Crawley/ “Fanny” – housemaid
Lester Corcoran or Nessy Clowry/ “Woodman” – school mistress
Jane Duffy or Hall/ “Asia” – all work
Ellen Doyle/ “Marquis of Wellesley”[as it is]
Mary Dogherty/ “Elizabeth” 4 – housemaid
Ellen Doughey or Snell/ “Edward” 1 – housemaid
Mary Doyle/ “Southworth” – servant
Epsaby Dan or Mary Bowman/ “Lord Sidmouth” – servant
Ann Duggan/ “Andromeda” – servant
Ann Dillon or Clarke/ “Mariner” 2 – housemaid
Sarah Denton/ “Broxbornbury” [as it is]
Catherine Finnegan or McKieve/ “Palambam” – servant
Mary A Foster/ “Mariner” 4 – servant
Charlotte French or Bramwell/ “Maria” – needlewoman
Ann Garaway or Cocksage/ “Sovereign” – all work
Elizabeth Hyland/ “Friends”
Ann Hennessy/ “Almorah”
Ann Hughes/ “Sovereign”
Mary Ann Jones/ “Numa”
Mary A Kean or Deffrie/ “Edward”
Johannah Kennahans or Corcoran/ “Asia” 7 – all work
Hannah Lounsley/ “Burrell” 2 – cook
Margaret McCann/ “Pyramus”
Mary McGarvey/ “Surry”
Mary A McGuire/ “Lady Rowena” – dairymaid
Mary Mulcahy or Gorman/ “Elizabeth” 4 – all work
Mary Mathews/ “Palamban”[also spelt Palambam] – dairymaid
Mary O’Hara/ born in colony – servant
Mary A O’Hara/ born in colony – servant
Bridget O’Donnell or Warren/ “John Bull” – nurse
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Catherine Osborne/ “Lady Rowena”
Eliza Obrien [also spelt O’Brien] or Elizabeth Duggan/ “Elizabeth” – housemaid
Mary O’Brien/ “City of Edinbro” – servant
Ellen O’Hern/ “City of Edinbro”
Charlotte Pope/ “Buffallo” [as it is – also spelt Buffalo]
Mary A Reid/ “Roslyn Castle”1 – shoe binder
Mary Ryan or Rebecca Ridout/ “Sovereign” – laundrymaid
Margaret Robertson/ “Nile” – servant
Hannah Rigby/ “Lord Sidmouth”
Sarah Richards/ “Mary Ann”[crossed out?]
Mary Slaney or Courtenay/ “Elizabeth” 4 – servant
Catherine Sullivan/ “George Hibbert” – nurse girl
Sarah Simpson/ “Mary” 5 – housemaid
Margaret Sullivan/ “Broxbornbury” – needleworker
Margaret Sheady or Callaghan/ “Surry” 6 – kitchen maid
Mary Smith/ “Woodman”
Elizabeth Stanley/ “Pyramus”
Catherine Scully/ “Surry” 6 – housemaid
Elizabeth Severs/ “Forth” – housemaid
Ann Smith or Miller/ “Northampton” - servant
Margaret Tadman/ “Surry”
Mary Wall or Cavanagh/ “Southworth” – servant
Ann White/ “Roslyn Castle” – housemaid
Maria Williams/ “Grenada” – housemaid
Signed O Gorman
Lieut 80th Regt Commandant
1839 07 31~
Assigned to Private Service
Ann Unwin/ “Midas” – tailoress [crossed out?]
Ellen Ramsay/ “Brothers” 2 – servant
Ellen Reardon/ “Calorine” [as it is – also spelt Caroline] – all work
Mary McAllister/ “Woodman”
Mary Johnson or Bridget Ryan or Earley/ “Edward” – servant
Ann Darley/ “Mariner”
Nominal List of Prisoners Remaining at Moreton Bay under Colonial Sentence
shewing [sic] how Each Man is Employed – 31st July 1839
Police constables
1 John Eagan/ “Eliza”
Henry [see also Harry] Sketland alias William Thompson/ “Sophia”
Robert Giles/ “Exmouth”
Francis Black/ “Hadlow”
A2.10
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[pages not
numbered]
5 Thomas Barton/”Fairlie” – sawyer
William White/ “General Stewart” – overseer
Shepherds, Ploughmen, Carters & Stockmen
Richard Allan [also spelt Allen]/ “Royal Admiral” – overseer
Edward Welsh/ “City of Edinbro”
John Duffy/ “Henry Porcher”
10 James Scanlan/ “Sophia”
Richard Viney/ “Surrey” [also spelt Surry]
John Neville/ “Asia”
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Bartlett Cullen [also spelt Quillan]/ “Asia” 4 - overseer
John Lawler [also spelt Lawlor]/ “Mangles”
15 Samuel White/ “Asia”
James Stephens [also spelt Stephen]/ “Florentia”
Issac Wolf [also spelt Isaac Woolf]/ “Mary”
Richard Snead/ “Mangles” – overseer
George Crow/ “Earl St Vincent” – overseer
20 Thomas Brooks/ “Grenada”
James Deegan/ “John Barry”
James Graham/ “Nightsdale” [also spelt Nithsdale]
Henry Higgs [also spelt Heggs]/ “Nightsdale”[also spelt Nithsdale] – overseer
Alexander Donaldson/ “Florentia”
25 John Usher/ “Medina”
John Dakin/ “Mary”
Michael Noonan/ “Prince Regent” – butcher
Cornelius Dunn/ “Java” – storeman
29 James Bennett/ “Andromeda” – baker
Pilots Crew
30 James Turner/ “Prince Regent” – coxswain
Thomas Delvin/ “Elizabeth”
Richard Smith/ “Captain Cook”
Charles Benson/ “Lord Lyndock”
John Murphy/ “Royal Admiral”
35 Jacob Lord/ “Andromeda”
Settlement Boat Crew
John Gunn/ “Recovery” – coxswain
Thomas Smith/ “Champion”
John Finnolly [also spelt Finnelley]/ “Java”
Assigned Servants
Edward Welsh/ “Countess of Harcourt”
40 Edward Danns/ “Captain Cook”
James Scott/ “Speake” [also spelt Speke]
Morgan Edwards/ “Competitor”
John Marooney/ “Isabella”
John Fletcher/ “Camden”
45 John Ford/ “Atlass” [also spelt Atlas]
Thomas Woods/ Aurora”
William Lewis [also William George Lewis]/ “Albion”
Peter Glynn/ “John”
John Mayhall/ “Morley”
50 Laurance Kelly [also spelt Laurence]/ “Southworth” – constable & clerk
Thomas Feild [also spelt Field]/ “John” – nailor
Henry Wilson/ “Albion” – tanner
Richard Rushton [also spelt Rushtin]/ “Glatton” – nailor
Martin Frawley [also spelt Fraley]/ “John Barry” – miller
55 James Claussey/ “Somersetshire” – government gardener
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Female Prisoners
Assigned Servants
1 Catherine Aherne [also spelt A’Hern]/ “City of Edinbro”
Ann Unwin/ “Midas”
Margaret McCann/ “Pyramus”
Hannah Rigby/ “Lord Sidmouth”
Rebecca Rideout [also spelt Ridout] or Mary Ryan/ “Sovereign”
Mary Mathews/ “Palambam”
List of Prisoners at Moreton Bay in the Ordinary Service of the Crown who are
not under Colonial Sentence shewing [sic] those arrived in the Schooner
“Curlew” from those who were here previously – Moreton Bay, 31st July 1839
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[pages not
numbered]
Royal Engineers Dept
Henry Skinner/ “Lady Kenaway” [also spelt Kennaway] – carpenter &
wheelwright
Thomas Palmer/ “Strathfieldsay” – wheelwright
Michael Daily/ “Susan” – cooper
James Cannovan/ “Hebe” – top sawyer
5 Thomas McGuire/ “Waterloo” – pitt sawyer
James Fox/ “Mangles” – pitt sawyer
Samuael Fisher/ “Moffatt” – top sawyer [as it is - see also Samuel Fisher/
“Mangles”]
Alexander Graham/ “Moffatt” – blacksmith
Alexander McPhearson/ “Waterloo” – joiner
10 James Gordon/ “Moffatt” – carpenter
Joseph Gislingham/ “Emma Ugenia”[also spelt Emma Eugenia] – carpenter
William Winn/ “Emma Ugenia” – carpenter
William Harvey/ “Moffatt” – brickmaker
Edward Urling/ “Waterloo” – brickmaker
15 Andrew Evans/ “Waterloo” – pitt sawyer
Thomas Kelly/ “Neptune” – top sawyer
Richard Jones alias Bullock/ “James Pattison” – top sawyer
Joseph Russell/ “James Pattison” – pitt sawyer
John Edmonds/ “Lord Melville” – harness maker
Thomas Halford/ “Atlass” – top sawyer [as it is - see also Thomas Holford/
“Atlas”]
21 John Kelly/ “Bussorah Merchant” – rough smith
William Crisby/ “England” – servant
Commissariat Dept
James Ando/ “Guildford” – laborer
24 Thomas Crout/ “England” – laborer
Received from Sydney per Schooner “Curlew” July 1839
Hospital Attendants
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1 Richard Fellows/ “Earl Grey” – frame work knitter
George Swadkins/ “Bengal Merchant” – locksmith
John R Winstanlly/ “Waverly” [also spelt Waverley] - watchmaker
Settlement Boat
James Murphy/ “Waverly” – laborer
5 Mathew Stewart/ “Waverly” – weaver
Edward Dyer/ “Waverly” – servant
Peter Finnegan alias James McGuire/ “Waverly” – laborer
James Walsh/ “Waverly” – laborer – Pilot Crew
Surveyors Dept
James Brown / Portsea” – laborer
10 James Bryan/ “Portsea” – laborer
Henry Beeby/ “Portsea” – laborer
Robert P Bannister/ “Portsea” – shoemaker
George Belton/ “Portsea” – laborer
Eneas Blake/ “Portsea” – laborer
15 William Barberry/ “Portsea” – laborer
George Clarke/ “Portsea” – gardener
Samuel Crabb/ “Portsea” – carter
William Crabb/ “Portsea” – laborer
William Gough/ “Portsea” – laborer
20 Mathew Hatton [could be Hattan]/ “Portsea” – laborer
John Ibell/ “Portsea” – gardener
John Sullivan/ “Portsea” – laborer
Abel Sutton alias Reiby?/ “Portsea” – laborer
William Tuck/ “Portsea” – laborer
25 Robert Coote/ “Portsea” – laborer
Thomas Keegan/ “Portsea” – laborer
Daniel Alexander/ “Portsea” – laborer
Patrick Walsh/ “Waverly” – laborer
Henry Berry/ “Portsea” – laborer
Commissariat Dept
30 Michael Dormer/ “Waverly” – laborer
Thomas Laffey/ “Waverly” – laborer
William Jordan/ “Portsea” – shepard [sic]
Benjamin Williams/ “John” – laborer
John Taylor/ “Marquis of Huntley” – laborer
35 William Green/ “Portland” – laborer
Robert Eacott/ “Auraro” [as it is – also spelt Aurora] – laborer
Thomas Fogarty/ “Earl Grey” – laborer
Benjamin Wright/ “Sarah” – laborer
John Pawson/ “Charles Dumarq” [also spelt Charles Dumarque] – laborer
40 Patrick Ryan/ “Waverley” – laborer
James Collins/ “Waverley”- servant
Peter Penrose/ “Waverley” – servant
Thomas Stewart/ “Waverley” – weaver
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38/06901
37/08853
DATE
RECD
1838 07 06
1837 09 22
TO
Hon CS
Hon CS
FROM
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
37/08853
38/06902
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 06 19
1838 07 17~
1838 07 28
1837 09 13
1837 09 27~
1838 07 06
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 06 19
1838 07 07~
1838 07 17~
1838 07 26~
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John McGrath/ “Waverley” – shepard [sic]
45 James Kelly/ “Waverley” – taylor [sic]
Mathew Hornegan/ “Waverley” – laborer
John Downey/ “Waverley” – laborer
Thomas Downey/ “Waverley” – laborer & soldier
Patrick T Foot/ “Waverley” – servant
50 Thomas Wilson/ “Waverley” – farm labour & soldier
Michael Freeman/ “Waverley” – laborer
John Hackett/ “Waverley” – laborer
Stephen Hand/ “Waverley” – laborer
Michael Christie/ “Waverley” – laborer
55 Dominic Boulger/ “Waverley” - shoemaker
Letter recommending John Goodwin/ “Speke” 3 for Ticket of Leave – proceeding
to Head Quarters in “Isabella” [No 38/11]
Margin
Mr Vallack’s Report – details re John Goodwin/ “Speke” 3 – mentions 37/08853
enclosed [see p 104]
&
Notes re above
Letter re seamen from “Duke of York” left behind at Amity Point, Moreton Bay –
missed passage to Sydney on “James Watt” – receipt of rations [No 37/8]
Mentions ship “Elizabeth” - also discusses Sloop “Foster Fyans” – fit for sea &
now bringing the seamen to Head Quarters – sloop to be examined in Sydney –
state of repair & usefulness
2: Re overseer Nathaniel Mitchell/ “Eliza” – to Head Quarters in “Foster Fyans” –
recommended for indulgence - discusses crew of “Foster Fyans” – men from
“Duke of York” able to assist to Port Jackson
3: Re John Goodwin/ “Speke” 3 – anxious to remain at Settlement – needed for
ship repairs – recommendation
4: Re hospital established at Female Factory, Eagle Farm – requests forage for
Medical Officer’s horse – discusses advantage of hospital
5: Re conduct of 10 free seamen saved from “Duke of York” – proceeding to
Head Quarters in “Foster Fyans”
6: Reports cargo on “Foster Fyans” as per enclosed Manifest
[Manifest not filmed here]
&
Notes in margin throughout
Note
Details re case of Nathaniel Mitchell & his part in search for “Duke of York”
Also at top: 37/08851
Letter re Daniel Connor/ “Hindostan” & permission to return to Head Quarters –
mentions accompanying Return [No 38/12]
&
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[no p 101]
A2.10
104 - 111
112 - 114
A2.10
115
Notes in margin
Mr Vallack’s report re Daniel Connor
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38/06903
1838 07 06
Hon CS
38/04861
1838 05 16
Hon CS
38/06904
1838 07 06
Hon CS
38/06905
1838 07 06
Hon CS
FROM
Moreton Bay
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 06 20
1838 06 19
1838 05 14
1838 06 20
1838 07 13~
1838 09 08~
1838 06 20
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Particulars of an Overseer whose Term of Servitude expires on the following
date agreeable to the 62nd Paragraph of Penal Settlement Regulations 20th June
1838
Daniel Connor/ “Hindostan”
Letter re coal found at Limestone on banks of Brisbane River – forwarding
sample of coal per Master of “Isabella” – report to follow [No 38/13]
&
Notes in margin
Letter re specimen of coal from Moreton Bay per “Isabella” – unable to be found
&
Notes in margin [Ref 38/06903]
Letter re John Kelly/ “Bussorah Merchant” 1831, blacksmith - requesting he be
permitted to remain at Moreton Bay - particulars enclosed [No 38/14]
[Particulars not filmed here]
Also at top: 38/06080 – 13 July 1838
Notes re above
Mr Ryan’s Report re John Kelly/ “Bussorah Merchant” 2 (1831)
Letter recommending John Smith/ “Chapman” & John Marsden/ “Chapman” for
tickets of leave [No 38/15]
&
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Notes in margin
Also at top: 38/06082 – 13 July 1838
1838 07 13~
1838 07 17~
1838 07 21~
1838 07 27~
38/06908
1838 07 06
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 06 20
His Ex Sir George
Gipps, Governor
Moreton Bay
Ellen Ramsay
1838 06 19
1838 07 09~
1838 08 22~
Notes re above
Mr Kingdon’s Report
Details re John Smith alias Phelps/ “Chapman” 1826 (originally per “Cockburn”
to Van Diemen’s Land – escaped & returned per “Medway” – to New South
Wales per “Chapman”)
Details re John Marsden/ “Chapman” 1826 (originally per “Caledonia” 1822 to
Van Diemen’s Land – escaped & returned per “Woodman”)
Forwarding Petition & recommending Ellen Ramsay alias Cobcroft per
“Brothers” 2nd [No 38/18]
&
Notes in margin
Also at top: 38/05918 – 9 July 1838
122
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Petition of Ellen Ramsay alias Cobcroft/ “Brothers” 2
124
Particulars of the Sentence of Ellen Ramsay per ship “Brothers”
Ellen Ramsay or Cobcroft/ “Brothers”
125 – 126
Notes re above
Re Ellen Ramsay/ “Brothers” 2
127
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38/06909
38/06910
38/06911
DATE
RECD
1838 07 06
1838 07 06
1838 07 06
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Major Cotton, 28th
Regt, Commandant,
Moreton Bay
Hon CS
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 06 22
CONTENTS
Letter reporting on Agricultural operations at Moreton Bay – discusses wheat &
maize crops in relation to reduction in numbers at the Settlement & consequent
problems with labour [No 38/19]
Mentions weevil & destruction of grain, also cargo of surplus maize per “Jane”
Enclosing Extract from Settlement Work Book showing employment of prisoners
Mentions pork for Deputy Commissary General – encloses Statement of
Government Agriculturist re Teeswater rams
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Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 06 21
Extract from the Work Book at Moreton Bay 21 June 1838
No/ Distribution/ Employment [Numerical Return]
133
Eagle Farm
John Parker
Superintendent of Agriculture
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 06 01
Letter reporting state of 4 Teeswater Rams sent from Sydney
134 - 136
1838 06 22
Letter re sentence of John Madden or Waters/ “Hercules” 3 [No 38/20]
&
Notes in margin
Also at top: 38/05915 – 9 July 1838
1838 07 09~
1838 08 22
1838 06 23
Notes re above
Re John Madden or Waters/ “Hercules”
Acknowledging receipt of letters per “Isabella” & forwarding Manifest of cargo
shipped in “Isabella” & List of Prisoners proceeding to Head Quarters
1838 06 22
Manifest of the Cargo and List of Passengers shipped on board the “Isabella” at
Moreton Bay 22 June 1838
Passengers
20 male & 5 female prisoners (expirees) & guard with 4 women & children
141
List of Prisoners forwarded by the “Isabella”
1 James Gloster/ “Morley”
2 John Kelly/ “Dorothy”
3 John Snow/ “Morley”
4 Christopher Early or Harding/ “Lord Eldon”
5 John Daines/ “Planter”
6 Peter Berriman/ “Roslyn Castle”
7 James Saunders/ “Guilford”
8 George Wethers/ “Guilford”
9 William Fanell?/ “Shipley”
10 William Booth/ “Aurora”
11 George Jervis?/ “Exmouth”
12 John Bensly/ “Champion”
13 John Donovan/ “Borodino”
14 Edward Birmingham/ “Marquis of Huntly”[also spelt Marquis of Huntley]
15 James Mann/ “Marquis of Hastings”
16 John Lang/ “Mary”
141 again
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Hon CS
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
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DATE
RECD
TO
38/08396
1838 08 11
Hon CS
38/09907
1838 09 21
Hon CS
CONTENTS
17 Mary Casey or Bancks/ “Lord Wellington”
18 Hanah Roach/ “Mariner”
19 Hanah Wilson/ “Pyramus”
20 Ann Evans/ “Pyramus”
21 Ann Carruthers/ “Numa”
22 Constantine Molloy/ “John Barry”
23 John Smith or Philips [also spelt Phelps]/ “Chapman”
24 John Marsden/ “Chapman”
25 John Goodwin/ “Speke” 3
Returning Lists of Prisoners at Moreton Bay reported on [No 38/356]
Margin
“Not enclosed”
Reporting arrival of Colonial Cutter “Foster Fyans” from Moreton Bay &
enclosing Manifest of cargo
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1838 08 11
H M Dock Yard, Sydney
John Nicholson, Master
Attendant
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 09 21
Manifest of Cargo arrived on H M Col Cutter “Foster Fyans” from Moreton Bay
1838 09 15
Letter re prisoners – volunteers – serving in Engineers Dept & allowances of tea,
tobacco & sugar – recommends indulgence [No 38/24]
A2.10
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1838 09 15
Letter re prisoners eligible to return to Head Quarters as per accompanying
Return
[No 38/25]
Margin
George Walker/ “Earl St Vincent”
Patrick Guff/ “Dorothy”
&
Notes in margin
Mr Vallack’s report re Walker & Guff
A2.10
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Hon CS
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 09 21~
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 09 15
Particulars of Two Male Convicts now serving under Sentence at Moreton Bay
who are eligible to be returned to Head Quarters, under the 3rd Para of Penal
Regulations dated
1st December 1831
George Walker/ “Earl St Vincent” – labourer
Patrick Guff/ “Dorothy” – labourer
Letter applying for arms & ammunition [listed in margin] from Ordnance Dept at
Head Quarters for H M Cutter “Captain Fyans” [also called “Foster Fyans”] [No
38/26]
&
Notes in margin
38/09911
1838 09 21
Hon CS
38/09912
1838 09 21
Hon CS
1838 09 21
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
Principal Superintendent of
Convicts Office
J McLean
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
38/09907
38/09913
FROM
1838 09 21
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REF NO
CS REF NO
38/09914
DATE
RECD
1838 09 21
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 09 15
FROM
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Hon CS
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 09 15~
Manifest of the Cargo shipped on board the “Foster Fyans” at Moreton Bay for
Sydney, 15th September 1838
1838 09 22
Letter reporting Cutter “Foster Fyans” ready to receive cargo for Moreton Bay
&
Notes in margin
1838 09 24~
1838 10 13
Note re above
Letter recommending indulgence for female prisoners employed at Factory –
similar to that of male prisoners employed as overseers & constables [No 38/28]
Recommends 6 women at Female Factory: Asst Matron or Gate-keeper,
Hospital overseer, 4 constables
Discusses allowance of tea & sugar for the female prisoners 1st class in Factory
Acknowledging receipt of letters [list in margin] per Cutter “Foster Fyans” – now
loaded & proceeding to Head Quarters
Discusses prisoners being forwarded – some difficulties with accommodation on
“Foster Fyans” – requests changes be made to “Foster Fyans”
Enclosing List of Prisoners proceeding to Head Quarters & Manifest of Cargo
38/10011
1838 09 22
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson, Harbour
Master
38/11216
1838 10 23
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
38/11217
1838 10 23
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 10 13
Hon CS
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 10 15~
38/11221
38/11221
1838 10 23
QSL
REEL
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TO
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1838 10 23
H M Dock Yard, Sydney
John Nicholson, Master
Attendant
1838 10 23
CONTENTS
Forwarding Manifest of cargo shipped in “Captain Fyans” [No 38/27]
PAGE
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156 - 157
A2.10
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Manifest of the Cargo and Number of Passengers shipped on board the “Foster
Fyans” at Moreton Bay for Sydney 15th October 1838
Passengers
9 Expirees
160
List of Expirees returned to Sydney from Moreton Bay
1 Thomas Smyth/ “Cambridge”
Edward Colgan/ “Isabella” 2
Simon Hunt/ “Shipley” 2
James Hutchinson/ “Ocean”
5 Brian Coyle/ “Prince Regent”
James Warren [no ship]
Richard Irvin alias John Aston [also have James Aston]/ “General Stewart”
John Kite/ “Mangles” 1
9 Peter Cassidy/ “Martha”
Letter reporting arrival of Cutter “Foster Fyans” from Moreton Bay & enclosing
Manifest of Cargo
161
Manifest of Cargo, Passengers etc shipped on H M Col Cutter “Foster Fyans”
from Moreton Bay
Passengers
9 Expirees
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REF NO
38/11834
DATE
RECD
1838 11 08
38/11835
1838 11 08
CS REF NO
38/11859
1838 11 08
FROM
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Hon CS
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Particulars of Two Male and One Female Convict whose term of servitude will
expire on the following dates agreeable to the 62nd & 63rd Paras of Penal
Settlement Regulations
Harbour Masters Office,
Sydney
W H Nicholson [in absence of
Master Attendant]
1838 11 07
William White/ “General Stewart”
Archibald Noble/ “Atlas” 4
Catherine Osborne/ “Lady Rowena”
Letter reporting arrival of hired Schooner “Bessy” from Moreton Bay & enclosing
Manifest of cargo, passengers, etc.
&
Notes in margin
H M Dock Yard, Sydney
W H Nicholson for Master
Attendant
1838 11 07
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 10 29
Harbour Master,
Sydney
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 10 29~
Hon CS
38/11859
38/11904
38/11904
1838 11 09
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 10 31
TO
1838 11 15~
1838 10 30
CONTENTS
Letter requesting a supply of shoe-makers tools & hemp for Agricultural Dept at
Moreton Bay – not sent by Ordnance Storekeeper – much needed [No 38/32]
&
Notes in margin
Notes re above
Letter requesting authority to Return 3 prisoners to Head Quarters – Return
enclosed [No 38/37]
Margin
William White/ “General Stewart”
Archibald Noble/ “Atlas” 4
Catherine Osborne/ “Lady Rowena”
&
Notes in margin
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Manifest of Cargo, Passengers etc arrived on the hired Schooner “Bessy” from
Moreton Bay
Passengers
Mr Jackson
4 soldiers, 2 women, 4 children and 12 male & 5 female prisoners & 1 child
Acknowledging receipt of letters [list in margin] per Schooner “Bessy” – “Bessy”
chartered to convey troops, prisoners & cargo back to Sydney – to pay £80 as
per enclosed Agreement [Agreement not filmed here] [No 38/36]
“Bessy” loaded with hard-wood & wool – cargo estimated at £400
Mentions “King” late Master of Cutter “Foster Fyans” incapable of navigating
“Bessy” – Mr Jackson returning to Sydney per “Bessy”
Enclosing List of Prisoners & Manifest of Cargo
&
Notes in margin
Manifest of the Cargo and Number of Passengers shipped on board the Hired
Schooner “Bessy” at Moreton Bay for Sydney, 29th October 1838
Passengers
3 Privates 28th Regt, 1 Private 50th Regt, 4 children & 2 women, 12 male & 5
female prisoners
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REF NO
CS REF NO
38/11912
DATE
RECD
FROM
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 11 10
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 10 29
Eagle Farm, Moreton Bay
Henry Cox
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 10 30
1838 11 10
His Ex Sir George
Gipps, Governor
Hon CS
“G G”
1838 11 09~
38/11912
38/11914
TO
1838 10 29
38/11915
1838 11 10
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 10 30
38/11917
1838 11 10
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 10 30
Brisbane Town
1838 10 20
38/11917
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List of Prisoners returned to Sydney from Moreton Bay
1 Joseph Waterhouse
George Walker
Thomas Johnson
Patrick Guff
5 George Mitchell
John Copping
Christmas Paulgrove
Thomas Lurchens
Jeremiah Buckley
10 John Madden
Philip McGrory
John Williams
Ellen Ramsay
Mary Berrigan
Mary Cavanagh or Wall
Ellen O’Hern
17 Mary Doyle
Forwarding Petition of Mr Henry Cox, Superintendent & School Master of
Female Factory, Moreton Bay re salary (wife is Matron of Factory) – details re
salary & recommendation
&
Notes in margin
Memorial of Henry Cox, Superintendent of School & Female Factory at Eagle
Farm – re salary
Letter requesting a coxswain & 6 good boat-men be sent to Moreton Bay as
volunteers at the Pilot Station - crew for Pilot Boat [No 38/33]
&
Notes in margin
“As Settlement is to be abandoned I do not think this will be necessary”
Letter recommending gratuities to Corporals in charge of Sheep & Cattle
Stations at Moreton Bay [No 38/34]
3 Stations besides Eagle Farm (Government Agriculturist in charge of cattle):
Limestone Sheep Station, Redbank Sheep Station, Cowpers Plains Cattle
Station
Letter transmitting documents re complaint by Mr Petrie Foreman of Works at
Moreton Bay against Thomas Lowrie Barrack Sergeant [No 38/37]
Mentions prisoner Booth training Mr Petrie’s son as cabinet maker & use of
timber from the Lumber Yard
&
Notes in margin
Investigation entered into by Major Cotton, 28th Regt, Commandant of Moreton
Bay on a Complaint laid before him by Mr Petrie Foreman of Works against
Barrack Sergeant Thomas Lowrie
Dispute re the making of wooden articles with wood from the Lumber Yard –
mentions Charles Booth & Skinner, overseer of Lumber Yard
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REF NO
CS REF NO
38/12304
DATE
RECD
1838 11 20
TO
FROM
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
Alexander McPherson
First Evidence
Henry Skinner
Second Evidence
Henry Skinner (volunteer at Moreton Bay) overseer of the Lumber Yard –
mentions Charles or John Booth
Articles in Mr Petrie’s Quarters:
12 bed posts – tulip wood
1 round table – tulip wood & cypress pine
1 work box - tulip wood & cypress pine
1 writing desk - tulip wood & cypress pine
1 pr picture frames
Sundry ornaments
1 Looking Glass frame - tulip wood & cypress pine
Tulip wood & cedar boards
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Remarks by Commandant
38/13311
1838 11 10
1838 12 13
PAGE
Commandant
Moreton Bay
P Spicer, Superintendent of
Convicts
1838 10 31
Letter re articles found at Mr Petrie’s house made from Moreton Bay wood, viz
12 Bed posts, 1 round table, 1 Looking Glass frame, 1 work box, 1 writing desk,
1 pair of Picture Frames, Sundry turned ornaments & boards
198
Major Cotton, 28th
Regt, Commandant
Moreton Bay
Andrew Petrie, Foreman of
Works
1838 10 19
“No 1”
Letter re dispute with Barrack Sergeant
199
Major Cotton, 28th
Regt, Commandant
Moreton Bay
Andrew Petrie, Foreman of
Works
Commissariat Office, Sydney
Miller, D C G
1838 10 22
“No 2”
Letter re dispute with Barrack Sergeant Lowry [also spelt Lowrie, Laurie]
200 – 201
1838 11 19
Letter reporting on application for live stock & seed wheat for Moreton Bay in
view of Settlement shortly being discontinued – important to improve stock &
recommends seed wheat as land prepared [No 515]
&
Notes in margin
Hon CS
Mr Vallack
38/11913
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Hon CS
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 10 29
“G G”
1838 11 09~
1838 11 10
Commissariat Office, Sydney
Miller, D C G
1838 12 13
Note
Re papers
Letter requesting sheep, cattle & pigs be sent to Moreton Bay to improve stock,
also requests wheat for seed – land prepared [No 38/31]
Notes re above
DCG to report – Moreton Bay to be abandoned as soon as possible
[Ref 38/12304]
Letter reporting Cutter “Fyans” [see also “Foster Fyans”] ready for Moreton Bay
[No 524]
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204
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REF NO
CS REF NO
38/13423
DATE
RECD
1838 12 17
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
38/13423
H M Dock Yard, Sydney
John Nicholson, Master
Attendant
Ship “Maitland”, Sydney Cove
Charles W Sheridan
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 12 14
CONTENTS
Letter enclosing Manifest of cargo etc on Government Cutter “Foster Fyans” –
ready to proceed
&
Notes in margin
1838 12 14
Manifest of cargo shipped on the Government Cutter “Foster Fyans” for Moreton
Bay
1838 12 17
Letter requesting permission to proceed to Moreton Bay on “Foster Fiance” [also
spelt “Foster Fyans”] to see his brother
1838 12 17~
1838 12 21
Note re above
Letter re List of Prisoners at Moreton Bay dated May 1838 – can only find 2
prisoners (women) tried before him, viz
1 Sarah Richards
2 Mary Mathews – mentions master, William Barnett, Sydney
Letter reporting on List of Prisoners at Moreton Bay, that none of prisoners tried
by him need to be transferred to Norfolk Island – List forwarded to Puisne
Judges for consideration
Memorandum
Proposing arrangements for discontinuance of Moreton Bay as Penal Settlement
– outlines present Establishment with Annual Salaries [Amounts] & Number of
Persons [Total 345: 28th Regt, Medical, Commissariat, Ordnance, Civil, Convicts]
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209
38/13443
1838 12 18
T Deas Thomson
[as it is], CS Office,
Sydney
38/13617
1838 12 21
Hon CS
Sydney
W W Burton
38/13600
1838 12 21
Hon CS
Sydney
James Dowling, Chief Justice
1838 12 20
38/13073
1838 12 06
Miller, D C G
1838 11 22
38/13073
“G G”
1838 12 03~
Note
Re List of Convicts at Moreton Bay to be sent to Judges - convicts to be brought
to Sydney to an island in the Harbour, except those to be sent to Norfolk Island –
Judges to advise [Ref 38/13600]
223 – 224
38/13073
“G G”
1838 12 03
225 - 226
38/12165
“G G”
1839 01 12~
1839 01 19~
Note
Re letter to Major Cotton re Steamer to be sent to Moreton Bay mid January to
bring people away from Moreton Bay – except for those remaining to maintain
Establishment until settlement thrown open to Public - Major Cotton to report on
numbers to remain
Immediate [Note]
Moreton Bay List to be forwarded to Judges as were Norfolk Island lists
38/12165
“G G”
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Note
Particulars re John Hagan, a soldier
229
1839 01 11~
Note re above
To be sent to Van Diemen’s Land
230
1838 12 01~
1838 12 03~
1838 12 04~
1838 12 05~
Note
Re Lists of Prisoners at Moreton Bay etc.
231 – 232
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REF NO
CS REF NO
38/12165
DATE
RECD
1838 11 15
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Principal Superintendent of
Convicts Office
J McLean
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 11 15
1839 01 11~
1838 11 14~
38/00998
1838 03 15~
1838 09 13~
1838 03 17~
1838 03 15~
1838 03 16
38/01167
1838 03 14~
1838 03 16~
1838 03 17~
Sydney
1838 05 31
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
“G G”
1838 05 23~
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Letter transmitting List of Prisoners at Moreton Bay recommended for removal to
Sydney – reported on: some to be sent to Norfolk Island [List not filmed here]
[No 38/488] [Refs 38/06900, 38/00696, 38/01002]
&
Governor’s remarks in margin
Some men to Norfolk Island, recommendations for others
&
CS Opinion in margin
Note
Re Capt Hunter’s report on bulls
Note
Re books from Revd Mr Cowper for Moreton Bay Military School
Note
Re Mr Thomson & letters to Capt Fyans or Port Phillip, letters for “Isabella”,
letters re new Court House at Goulburn?
Re Bulls from Prospect
Note
Re order for Major Cotton’s gig – to be sent to Mr Campbell
Note
Re gig for Major Cotton from his brother in India – to Moreton Bay per “Isabella”
Note
Requesting Commandants at Moreton Bay & Norfolk Island write a separate
letter for each subject
233 – 238
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243
A2.10
Note
Re writing about several subjects in one letter – inconvenience
244
245
Note
[List of documents]
38/01742: 5 Feb 38 Report of arrival of “Success” with crew of “Lucinda”
37/11197: 17 Nov 37 Report timber sent by “Elizabeth” for Engineer
37/10899: 23 Nov [no details]
Note
Mr Wright requesting permission for 2 boxes of plants be put on “Governor
Phillip” on return from Norfolk Island
“No 1”
Particulars of the Following 8 Convicts referred to in Paragraph [Recommended
for Indulgences]
2703 Constantine Molloy/ “John Barry” 2 – constable
2735 Robert Giles/ “Exmouth” – constable
523 William Chaffey alias George/ born in colony – constable
553 John Greenhalgh/ “Speke” 2 – overseer
81 John Smith alias Phillips [also spelt Phelps]/ “Chapman”
82 John Marsden/ “Chapman”
537 John Webster/ “Champion”
80 Harry Sketland or William Thomson [also spelt Thompson]/ “Sophia”
&
Governor’s Notes
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REF NO
CS REF NO
38/00120
DATE
RECD
1838 01 05
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Bathurst
J Spicer
“K S”
38/00275
1838 01 09
Hon CS
Office of Ordnance, Sydney
Richard Rogers, Storekeeper
“KS”
37/08163
37/08798
1837 09 20
Hon CS
Office of Ordnance, Sydney
Percival Wilkinson, Deputy
Storekeeper for the
Storekeeper on leave of
absence
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 01 02
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CONTENTS
Letter re permission to take a poney [sic] to Moreton Bay
&
1838 01 31~
Notes in margin
1838 01 06~
1838 02 03~
1838 01 09
Notes re above
Mentions Surgeon Gamack & horse at Norfolk Island
Letter re school books for soldiers children at Moreton Bay – funding
1838 01 17~
1838 01 19~
Notes re above
Mentions Bible Society
1838 01 05~
1838 01 10~
1837 09 20
Note re above
Note
Re Instructions to Commandant
Letter suggesting school books for soldiers children be defrayed out of
Regimental Fund – mentions 12 London Primers
38/01591
1837 09 01
1838 02 13
E Deas Thomson,
CS
Hon CS
Moreton Bay
J C S Handt
1837 08 24
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257
A2.10
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259
Note re above [Ref 37/08163]
Letter acknowledging receipt of 12 London Primers for School for Convict
Children at Moreton Bay - transferred to Eagle Farm
Discusses visiting School for Soldiers Children at Brisbane – requests further
supply of books for this school
Notes re above [Ref 37/08798]
“K S”
1838 02 02
Notes re above
Mentions Moreton Bay
Letter re petitions praying for an appointment to Police at Norfolk Island or any
out settlements
Mentions John Nicholson & Major Delile [also spelt Delisle] & P L Campbell,
Superintendent of Parramatta Police
Letter re petition sent to Colonial Secretary re appointment to Norfolk Island
[Ref 37/08098]
37/09760
1837 10 19
T C Harrington [also
spelt Harington]
Mr Martins Tolbot Inn, Cross
Roads, Liverpool
Mathias Maher
1837 10 18
37/08341
1837 09 07
T C Harington
Asst CS, Sydney
At Mr Marvins, Church St,
Parramatta
Mathias Maher
1837 09 06
1837 09 12
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261
262
Letter enclosing Petition from Mathias Maher to be appointed to Police at Norfolk
Island – recommendation [Petition see p 283]
&
Notes in margin [Ref 37/09535]
Notes re above
Petition per “Isabella” to Major Anderson re position [Ref 37/09760]
253 – 254
255
1837 09 08~
1837 09 16
1838 02 12
Liverpool
J K Mackenzie JP
251
252
Notes re above [Ref 38/00275]
37/08163
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REF NO
37/08098
DATE
RECD
1837 08 30
37/05506
1837 06 16
His Ex Lieut Gen
Sir Richard Bourke,
Governor
Fords Cottages, Parramatta
Mathias Maher
1837 06 06
37/03374
1837 04 10
T C Harrington [also
spelt Harington]
Asst CS, Sydney
Fords Cottages, Parramatta
Mathias Maher, Constable
Parramatta Police
1837 04 10
37/02821
1837 03 22
CS REF NO
TO
FROM
Hon E Deas
Thompson [also
spelt Thomson]
CS, Sydney
Mathias Maher
Mr Fords, Church Street,
Parramatta
Mathias Maher
38/01591
Hon CS
37/05506
P L Campbell,
Superintendent of
Police, Parramatta
His Ex Maj Gen Sir
Richard Bourke,
Governor
37/04830
1837 05 23
38/04484
1838 05 07
Hon CS
38/04484
38/02446
1838 03 10
Hon CS
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1837 04 13~
1837 03 19
CONTENTS
Humble Petition of Mathias Maher – ticket of leave – begging employment at
Norfolk Island - mentions Major Delile & John Nicholson, Master Attendant, also
P L Campbell
Refers to resignation of William Jackman ticket of leave constable at Norfolk
Island [Refs 37/05506, 37/08341]
Petition of Mathias Maher ticket of leave constable in Parramatta Police
&
Notes re above
Testimonial signed P L Campbell [Ref 37/08098]
Letter re his Petition praying for employment in Constabulary at Norfolk Island or
Moreton Bay – mentions John Nicholson, Master Attendant & Major Delile of 4th
Regt Foot
Mentions submitted Certificates from Major Anderson, Commandant, Norfolk
Island & Archibald McLeod & Mr Tilston Superintendent of Convicts
&
Notes re above
Petition of Mathias Maher praying for situation at Norfolk Island or Moreton Bay
– transmitting Certificates of Major Anderson 50th Regt, Major Delile 4th Regt –
was a volunteer overseer at Norfolk Island [Ref 37/03374]
John Nicholson
1837 03 22
Certificate
Sydney
P Delisle [also spelt Delile]
Liverpool
Mathias Maher
Fords Cottages, Parramatta
Mathias Maher, Constable
Parramatta Police
H M Hulk “Phoenix”
Abraham Mahargh
1837 03 22
Certificate
1838 02 09
Petition of Mathias Maher praying for position as overseer or constable at
Norfolk Island – vacant through resignation of Overseer Kenny
Letter requesting position as constable at Norfolk Island – hoping to leave by
vessel in harbour now ready to proceed - gives reasons for wanting position –
transmitting Certificates [Certificates not filmed here]
Petition of Abraham Mahargh – praying for remission of sentence – mentions
James Ferris
1837 06 06
1837 02 27
1837 09 00~
1838 05 07
Note re above [Ref 37/05267]
Letter reporting arrival of H M Col Schooner “Isabella” from Moreton Bay &
enclosing Manifest of Cargo, etc.
H M Dock Yard, Sydney
John Nicholson, Master
Attendant
1838 05 07
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1838 03 09
Manifest of Cargo, Passengers etc arrived on H M Col Schooner “Isabella” from
Moreton Bay
Passengers
Lieut Russel [also spelt Russell] & Asst Surgeon Alexander, H M 28th Regt
Mr Waldron of the Commissariat Dept, 2 non-commissioned Officers, 11 Rank &
File, 4 women & 7 children, Sarah Carey [? Casey] daughter of a female convict,
18 male & 5 female convicts
Letter requesting payment of enclosed Claim from Mr Bossley for medicines
supplied – shipped to Moreton Bay on “Isabella” [Claim not filmed here]
&
Notes in margin
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
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REF NO
38/05162
DATE
RECD
1838 05 23
38/05582
1838 06 02
CS REF NO
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 05 23
1838 06 01
295
A2.10
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A2.10
297 – 298
298 again
– 299
Harbour Masters Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson, Master
Attendant
Commissariat Office, Sydney
Miller, D C G
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1838 06 02
Reporting number of prisoners able to be conveyed to Norfolk Island on
“Governor Phillip” – not exceeding 50
299 again
1838 05 22
Letter re Brig “Governor Phillip” to Norfolk Island and Schooner “Isabella” to
Moreton Bay with provisions & winter clothing [No 468]
Letter reporting Government Schooner “Isabella” ready for service
&
Notes in margin
Re “Isabella” & “Governor Phillip”
Letter reporting H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip” ready for service
&
Hon CS
38/05105
1838 05 22
Hon CS
38/04758
1838 05 12
Hon CS
38/04195
1838 04 28
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1838 04 27
E D Thomson
Miller
1838 05 05~
1838 05 12
1838 05 07~
Hon CS
PAGE
Notes re above
Re accommodation for prisoners on Norfolk Island & “Governor Phillip” –
mentions Moreton Bay
1838 06 02
1838 07 06
Letter requesting Commandant Norfolk Island be authorised to build 2 small jolly
boats for Government vessels – existing boats worn out
&
Notes in margin
Letter reporting 4 free seamen shipped to Moreton Bay per “Isabella” to work the
Sloop “Foster Fyans”
Margin
William Samson
John Bragg
Alexander West
Henry Youlden
Note
Re Prisoners tried at Quarter Sessions Parramatta received at Sydney Gaol:
-Daniel Ridgley/ “General Stewart”
-Thomas Williamson/ “Prince Regent”
-Thomas Davis/ “Camden” – sheep stealing – Life
-George Brownsale/ “Strathfieldsay”
-Thomas Carr/ “Royal Sovereign”
To Norfolk Island on “Governor Phillip” – numbers being sent
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38/08606
38/06917
CONTENTS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1838 07 06
1838 07 07~
1838 07 08~
Note re above [Ref 38/04758]
Letter re Detachment at Norfolk Island – mentions Col Snodgrass – also Act of
Parliament re shipwrecked seamen
&
Notes re above
Re accommodation at Norfolk Island for convicts [Ref 38/03742]
Letter reporting arrival of H M Col Schooner “Isabella” from Moreton Bay –
enclosing Manifest of cargo, etc.
&
Notes in margin
Mentions Cask of Coals to Government House
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REF NO
CS REF NO
DATE
RECD
TO
38/06917
38/07208
FROM
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1838 07 13
Hon CS
38/07208
38/10098
1838 09 25
Hon CS
38/10416
1838 10 04
Hon CS
38/10074
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 07 06
Manifest of the Cargo, Passengers, etc arrived on H M Col Schooner “Isabella”
from Moreton Bay
Passengers
20 male & 5 female prisoners & Guard of 4 soldiers H M 28th Regt, 4 women &
children
Letter re Government Schooner “Isabella” – damage sustained on trip to
Moreton Bay Examined by Mr Bell Master Shipwright who tendered enclosed
specification re repairs – amount
Query re disposal of “Isabella” – contract vessels available
&
Notes in margin
PAGE
306
again
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson, Harbour
Master
1838 07 12
John Bell
1838 07 12
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson, Harbour
Master
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1838 09 24
Miller D C G
1838 09 25~
“G G”
1838 09 25~
Note re above
317
Letter re supplies to Moreton Bay – mentions “Isabella” sold, Cutter “Fyans”
laden & ready to proceed [No 490]
Maize arrived from Norfolk Island to be sent per hired vessel
Discusses role of Cutter “Fyans” – Edward King unable to navigate so
recommends a Master be engaged
&
Notes in margin
Letter re need for supplies at Moreton Bay – sending Cutter “Capt Fyans” [also
called “Foster Fyans”] to Sydney to communicate the situation – urgent relief
required [No 38/22]
&
Notes in margin
Letter enclosing Manifest of cargo on hired Schooner “Bessy” for Moreton Bay –
ready to proceed [Manifest not filmed here]
318 – 321
1838 10 03
38/10074
1838 09 25
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
Miller D C G
1838 09 24
38/09909
1838 09 21
Hon CS
Brisbane Town
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
1838 09 15
38/10462
1838 10 04
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
Nicholson
1838 10 04
T C Harington,
Colonial Office
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1838 10 04~
[Tender]
Re repairs to Government Schooner “Isabella”
Letter re Cutter “Foster Fyans” – cargo on board & ready to proceed to Moreton
Bay – enclosing Manifest of cargo, etc. [Manifest not filmed here]
Letter re appointment of Mr R M Jackson (Chief Officer of “Governor Phillip”) to
command Government Cutter “Foster Fyans” in place of present Master Edward
King To proceed to Moreton Bay in Schooner “Bessy” – Commandant at
Moreton Bay to be notified
&
Notes in margin
Mem
Re Cutter “Fyans” [also called “Foster Fyans”] - to be sent back
Immediate
Letter querying whether Mr Jackson to proceed in “Bessy” to bring back “Foster
Fyans”
Bills of Lading for case to Van Diemen’s Land enclosed [Bills not filmed here]
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REF NO
38/12821
DATE
RECD
1838 12 01
38/02742
1838 03 20
His Ex The
Governor
Sydney
John Dunmore Lang
1837 03 16
[as it is]
Letter re Government Cutter “Foster Fyans” between Sydney and Moreton Bay –
permission to employ John Bragg as Mate – pay
&
Notes in margin
Letter re establishment of a Mission to the Aborigines at Moreton Bay
[letter partly obscured by a note re sending papers]
38/02742
1838 03 20
Above letter repeated – note removed
1838 03 17
Sydney
John Dunmore Lang
Sydney
John Dunmore Lang
1837 03 16
38/02692
His Ex The
Governor
H Parker, Private
Secretary
1837 03 16
[as it is]
Letter re German Missionaries to the Aborigines
“G G”
1838 03 17
Note
“Copy”
Germans to go on “Isabella” if room [Ref 38/02742]
334
“G G”
1838 03 00~
[Saturday
morning]
1837 01 23~
Immediate
Re Dr Lang’s Germans to go per “Isabella” if room
Re Lyons – mentions Dr Smith
“No 1”
Extract of a Letter addressed to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for
the Colonies relative to a Mission to the Aborigines, of date, London 23rd
January 1837, & signed “John Dunmore Lang”
335 – 337
Downing Street, London
George Grey
1837 01 30~
“No 2”
Extract of a Letter from Sir George Grey, in reply to the preceding
communication, dated Downing Street, 30th January 1837
339 – 340
Lord Glenelg
Edinburgh
John Dunmore Lang
1837 04 07~
“No 3”
Extract of a Letter to Lord Glenelg of date Edinburgh 7 April 1837, signed
“John Dunmore Lang”
Gives details of 3 German Missionaries of the Lutheran Church: Moritz
Schneider of Berlin, Christopher Eipper & Gottlieb Schreiner of Wurtemberg [as
it is]
340 – 341
Lord Glenelg
Greenock
Chamber of Commerce
1837 04 00~
341
Hon CS
Sydney
John Dunmore Lang
1838 05 11
Lithgow
“G G”
1838 05 15
“No 4”
Extract of a Memorial to the Right Honourable Lord Glenelg from the Chamber
of Commerce of the Town of Greenock dated April 1837 occasioned by the
wreck of the “Stirling Castle” of that port & the murder of the captain & part of the
crew by the black natives to the northward of Moreton Bay
Recommends establishment of a Mission to Black Natives of New Holland at the
Settlement of Moreton Bay under the auspices of Presbyterian Church of New
South Wales
Letter requesting payment for clothing burnt at the Quarantine Station & which
belonged to the German missionaries - mentions Revd Karl Wilhelm Edward
Schmidt
&
Notes in margin
Re authority to collect payment – clothing destroyed to prevent infection
Re payment – mentions Dr Lang
CS REF NO
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
38/02692
38/02742
38/04682
Secretary of State
for the Colonies
1838 05 11
London
John Dunmore Lang
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 11 30
CONTENTS
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332 again
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SRNSW
REF NO
CS REF NO
38/09441
38/10052
DATE
RECD
1838 09 08
1838 09 24
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Sydney
W McIntyre, Secretary to
Society
Hon CS
38/04491
1838 05 07
Hon CS
38/11905
1838 11 09
His Ex Sir George
Gipps, Governor
38/04717
1838 05 11
Hon CS
Hon CS
Hon CS
Lithgow
“G G”
Sydney
W McIntyre, Secretary
Committee of Society in Aid
of German Mission to
Aborigines at Moreton Bay
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 09 08
1838 09 14
1838 09 16~
1838 09 24
Brisbane Town, Moreton Bay
Thomas Lowrie
[also spelt Laurie & Lowry]
Barrack Sergeant
1838 04 19
“G G”
Moreton Bay
1838 05 26~
1838 10 12
Office of Ordnance, Sydney
Richard Rogers, Storekeeper
1838 05 11
“G G”
1838 05 12~
Principal Superintendent of
Convicts Office, Sydney
J McLean
Carters Barracks
Frederick C Montgomery,
Capt
Military Superintendent
1838 05 18
Town Surveyor’s Office,
Sydney
Felton Matthew, T S
1838 05 17
1838 05 17
CONTENTS
Letter enclosing Certificates of Payment for support of German Mission to
Aborigines at Moreton Bay – requests similar amount be paid from Colonial
Treasury to William Wright, Treasurer of the Society in Aid of the Mission to the
Aborigines at Moreton Bay [Certificates not filmed here]
&
Notes in margin
Outlines sums received – warrants to be issued
Letter requesting permission to send supplies by “Foster Fyance” [also spelt
“Foster Fyans”] to German missionaries at Moreton Bay
&
Note in margin
Note re above
Note
Re sums of money – mentions Mr McIntyre
Letter requesting a convict male servant be assigned to him
&
Notes in margin
Note re above
Memorial of Thomas Laurie Barrack Sergeant at Moreton Bay seeking
appointment as Chief Constable at Moreton Bay – refers to accompanying
testimonials from Mr Riddell, William McPherson, Major Jackson
[Testimonials not filmed here]
Notes re above
Immediate
Letter re issue of duck clothing to convicts – reports clothing has been issued
except to Moreton Bay, Norfolk Island & Hospitals at Liverpool, Windsor,
Goulburn & Bathurst
Notes re above
Re clothing issued to convicts & query as to whether related to illnesses –
mentions Capt McLean – requests reports
Confidential
Letter re issue of duck clothing in lieu of woollen – suggests comfort & health of
prisoners would suffer in cold weather
Confidential
Re issue of duck clothing – consequences – no case of illness has arisen
Gives opinion as to health & comfort of prisoners – clothing must be kept dry
&
Notes in margin
Confidential
Letter re issue of duck in lieu of woollen clothing to convicts attached to Dept &
its consequences – comments re health & comfort of prisoners – concern if
weather proves wet or NW winds prevail
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348
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355
356
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SRNSW
REF NO
CS REF NO
38/04555
DATE
RECD
1838 05 08
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Sydney
J V Thompson, Deputy
Inspector General of
Hospitals
“G G”
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 05 07
1838 05 09~
1838 05 10
1838 05 04
38/13294
1838 12 13
E Deas Thomson,
Secretary
38/11916
1838 11 10
Hon CS
38/04849
1838 05 16
38/04848
1838 05 16
Hon CS
38/04862
1838 05 16
Hon CS
Sydney
Mary Wall
1838 12 12
“G G”
1838 12 19~
1838 12 31
1838 10 29
Brisbane Town, Moreton Bay
Sydney Cotton, Major 28th
Regt
Commandant
Miller D C G
Richard Rogers, Ordnance
Storekeeper
J du Moulin, Surgeon, 50th
Regt
K Robertson, Col Surgeon
Macdonell, 28th Regt
Royal Engineers Office,
Sydney
George Barney, Major
Sheriffs Office, Sydney
T Macquoid, Sheriff
1838 05 14~
1838 05 17
[as it is]
1838 05 14
38/05394
38/05394
1838 05 30
Hon CS
J V Thompson, Deputy
Inspector General of
Hospitals
1838 05 29
CONTENTS
Immediate
Letter re issue of clothing to convicts – unwell so unable to confer with Deputy
Commissary General or Ordnance Storekeeper
Opinion re substitution of duck for woollen clothing during winter – discomfort &
risk of disease
Suggests Medical Board on the subject: Surgeon Du Moulin - 50th Regt, Asst
Surgeon Macdonell - 28th Regt, Colonial Surgeon K Robertson
&
Note re above
Board to be appointed with Deputy Commissary General & Ordnance
Storekeeper [Ref 38/04717]
Note
Immediate
To write to Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals re non-arrival of supply of
clothing from England – proposal to substitute duck for woollen articles in
Establishments in warmer parts of colony – requests reports re effect of
substitution on health & comfort
Letter re Sarah Curry [also spelt Carey] – age 7 years – requesting she be sent
back to her mother at Moreton Bay
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365 – 366
A2.10
367
368 – 369
Letter requesting daughter (aged 7 years) be returned to Margaret Carney
[see also Curry] in Female Factory at Eagle Farm [No 38/35]
&
Note in margin [Ref 38/13294]
Report of a Board assembled at the Ordnance Office on 14th May 1838 by order
of Sir George Gipps Knight Governor etc for the Purpose of Reporting on Issue
of Duck Clothing to the Convicts in the employ of Government in the Warmer
Parts of the Colony in lieu of Woollen Clothing which has not arrived from
England
Members:
Deputy Commissary General, Ordnance Storekeeper, Surgeon du Moulin – 50th
Regt, Colonial Surgeon Robertson, Asst Surgeon Macdonell – 28th Regt
&
Notes in margin [Ref 38/04717]
Confidential
Letter re substituting summer for winter clothing for prisoners in warmer parts of
colony
Letter re 23 prisoners from Moreton Bay in “Isabella” to Hyde Park Barracks for
identification – John Savage/ “Recovery” not sent – in hospital
Note
Re Report of Survey on Hospital Stores
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363 – 364
A2.10
Note re above
Letter transmitting Proceedings/Report of Board of Survey on the Hospital
Stores at Moreton Bay for approval [Proceedings/Report see p 371]
PAGE
A2.10
370
A2.10
371 – 372
A2.10
373
A2.10
374
A2.10
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376
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SRNSW
REF NO
38/10084
DATE
RECD
1838 09 25
38/13295
1838 12 13
Hon CS
Parramatta
A Alexander, Asst Surgeon
1838 12 12
38/05561
1838 06 01
Hon CS
Sydney
John Dunmore Lang
W McIntyre
1838 05 31
“G G”
1838 06 04
Notes re above
Mentions Wesleyans & allowances
381
Sydney
W Wright, Treasurer
W McIntyre, Secretary
John Dunmore Lang
Thomas Dugall
William Pascoe Crook
C W Roemer
1838 05 30
Memorial of the Treasurer, Secretary & Committee of Management of the New
South Wales Society in Aid of the German Mission to the Aborigines at Moreton
Bay
Mentions Mission consists of 2 clergymen of Lutheran Church, Revd Karl
Wilhelm Edward Schmidt & Revd Christopher Eipper
382 – 384
Sydney
Certified W Wright
Treasurer
1838 05 30
Subscriptions in aid of the Funds of the German Mission to the Aborigines
[Amounts]
W C Roemer, W Wright, F Peterson, John Dunmore Lang, Andrew Lang –
Dunmore, J G Maelzer, Edward Hunt, David Jones, L Duigud, A B Spark, David
Ramsay, James Dodds, Thomas Cadell, Alexander Cuthill, James Robb,
Richard Jones, Thomas Jones, William Kerr, W P Crook, James Blackett,
L Iredale, Brodie and Craig?, H L Miller, Peter Steel, H Meinertz, Samuel W
Gordon, James Noble, Robert Campbell, John Whitelaw, John McLure, Peter
Skinner, John Thompson, Robert Keddie, P H Valentine, Duncan Campbell,
James Smith, Peter Stewart, Alexander Black, Thomas Dugall, William McIntyre,
John Betts, John Saunders, Alfred Saunders, James McEachern, W B Tyrer,
George Gimbel, Francis Mitchell, Alexander McLeay, G Kinear, Charles
Falconer, H Jamieson, John Dunbar, Archibald Walker, W Hibblewhite,
J M Illidge, S Peek, A Campbell, Robert Wylde, David McKenzie, Thomas
Aitken, S Mutter?, A Mitchell, J W Smart, J Blackman, J S Williams, J Black,
Alexander Busby, H Y?, E Manning, John Stirling, C J Campbell, Michael
Woolley, Joseph Gould, Dr Nicholson, James Swan, William Soole?, E H?,
? Goodsir – Botany, R Bourne, James Cameron
385 – 387
Contributions received in Scotland
[Amounts]
Messrs Alan Ker & Co, Greenock, owners of the Brig “Stirling Castle”
Ladies Missionary Association of Greenock
Collection by Dr Paterson in Glasgow & Edinburgh
388
CS REF NO
38/05561
38/05561
TO
FROM
Hon E D Thomson,
CS
Sydney
J V Thompson, Deputy
Inspector General of
Hospitals
His Ex Sir George
Gipps, Governor
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 09 24
CONTENTS
Letter recommending appointment of Mr Thomas Smith/ Free as Overseer of
Hospital at Moreton Bay – salary
Requests his passage to Moreton Bay
&
Notes in margin
Letter requesting settlement of his Moreton Bay claim
&
Notes in margin [Ref 38/12306]
Note re above [very faint]
Letter enclosing Memorial from the Treasurer, Secretary & Committee of
Management of the Society in Aid of the German Mission to the Aborigines at
Moreton Bay
Also requests a grant of land for erection of buildings & for cultivation
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SRNSW
REF NO
CS REF NO
DATE
RECD
TO
FROM
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
38/06585
1838 06 28
Hon CS
Council Office
William Macpherson,
Clerk of Council
1838 06 26
38/09260
1838 09 04
Hon CS
Crown Solicitors Office,
Sydney
Francis Fisher, Crown
Solicitor
1838 09 03
38/06215
1838 06 19
Hon CS
Park House, Park Street
William Wynter
1838 06 16
“G G”
38/10334
1838 10 02
Hon CS
Principal Superintendent of
Convicts Office
J McLean
1838 10 01
38/10356
1838 10 02
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
Miller, D C G
1838 10 02
38/13160
1838 12 10
Hon CS
Surveyor Generals Office
S A Perry, Deputy Surveyor
General
1838 12 07
CONTENTS
Collection in Mid Church Greenock by Mr Eipper
Collection in Mr Bonar’s Church by Mr Eipper
Collection by Rev Mr Roberts
Mr Campbell of Bowfeets?
Mr W Kelly, Greenock
Letter transmitting copy of Act to be published in New South Wakes Government
Gazette:
“2 Victoria
No 5 An Act for the Conditional Remission of Sentences of Convicts transported
to Norfolk Island and Moreton Bay and to Enforce the Conditions Thereof”
[Copy of Act not filmed here]
&
Notes in margin
Supplementary Gazette – July 14/38
Letter re report from Commandant Moreton Bay on wreck of timber vessel with
cedar on board & Notice in Government Gazette 4 April re ownership of timber –
application received from Mr Wynter for cedar [No 38/100]
Attorney General’s opinion that Mr Wynter must prove his claim
&
Notes in margin
Letter re advertisement in Government Gazette dated 3 April re cedar plank
marked
“T H” saved from “Sally” Cutter at Moreton Bay – branded and shipped by him to
Sydney from Manning River in 1836
&
Notes in margin [Ref 38/05891]
Notes re above
Query re salvage costs to be charged [Ref 38/09260]
Letter re Patrick Sullivan/ “Eliza”3 received from Penrith – runaway from Moreton
Bay since 6 February 1837 – query re sending him to Norfolk Island instead of
returning him to Moreton Bay [No 38/422 – could be 38/412]
&
Notes in margin
Re punishment – to be punished at Hyde Park and sent to Norfolk Island –
mentions “Governor Phillip”
Immediate
Letter re charter of Mr Fotheringham’s Schooner “Bessey”[also spelt Bessy] to
go to Moreton Bay – cost [No 493]
&
Notes in margin
Letter returning chart of Harbour of Moreton Bay – copy taken [No 38/523]
[Chart not filmed here]
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SRNSW
REF NO
38/07307
DATE
RECD
1838 07 16
38/09308
1838 09 05
Hon CS
Police Office, Sydney
H C Wilson, First Police
Magistrate
1838 09 05
38/09729
1838 09 17
His Ex Sir George
Gipps, Governor
Sydney
Thomas Dowse
1838 09 15
“G G”
1838 09 15~
CS REF NO
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson, Harbour
Master
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1838 07 14
CONTENTS
Letter requesting 2 prisoners with tickets of leave working in his Department be
exempted from Monthly Muster for District of Sydney
Margin
Thomas Dowse – Asst Clerk
John Jones – Telegraph Master at Fort Phillip
&
Notes in margin
Letter requesting date of exemption from attendance at Monthly Muster for
Thomas Dowse/ “Florentia” – Clerk in Dock Yard and John Jones/ “Nithsdale” –
Telegraph Master at Fort Phillip
&
Notes in margin
Memorial of Thomas Dowse/ “Florentia” 1 – praying for mitigation of sentence –
conditional pardon – mentions John Nicholson
Note re above
Re conditional pardon
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NOTES
~ Have used this symbol throughout when I have “assumed” details which have not been provided – e.g. “Hon CS” has been omitted on document
See also “Dates”
CS REF NUMBERS
For SORTING purposes, I have entered CS Reference Numbers to five places 00001 - 10000
For FINDING purposes I have inserted 0s in the Contents where CS ref Numbers have been cited
DATES
Format used throughout is YEAR MONTH DAY – one space between
~ Used to indicate dates which are incomplete on document, usually in Notes e g 31 Mar - assumption made as to year
PAGE NUMBERS
For SORTING purposes I have entered all page numbers to 3 places
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A2 SERIES
MICROFILM
CONTENTS
Reel No. A2.10
New South Wales – Colonial Secretary
Letters Received 1826 – 1934
_______________________________
Letters relating to Moreton Bay and Queensland, 1822 – 1860
From the Originals in the Archives Office of New South Wales
Letters received 1838 and papers filed with them
[continued from Reel A 2.9]
1 - 406
Letters received 1839 and papers filed with them
[continued on Reel A 2.11]
407 - 869
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