NRS-971 | Copies of letters sent to penal establishments

Most of the letters in this volume are to the penal establishment at Cockatoo Island which had been proclaimed in 1841 as a place of confinement for male convicts under sentence of transportation, and subsequently became a depot for convicts sentenced to the roads or public works. They concern the convicts on the island and the use of the underground silos there which Gipps had constructed in 1839 as a store for government grain against future shortages. Other letters are to the superintendent of the Breakwater Stockade at Newcastle, which was also a penal settlement, and to the Board for the Classification of Convicts.(4/3730; microfilm copy SR Reel 2650). 1 vol. Note:This description is based on Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.