NRS-12192 | Copies of shipping lists of exiles and transports sent to New South Wales

These are lists of convicts, "exiles" or transports recommended for conditional pardons, embarked on various vessels, stating the prison they were sent from and arranged by ship. The following details of the individual prisoners are noted: name, age, whether can read and write, trade or profession, married or single, specific description of crime, sentence, when and where convicted, when and where received (i.e the prison received from), and remarks. Many came from Pentonville via Millbank prison.Also included is a list of 90 boys embarked from Parkhurst Prison on board the convict ship "Thomas Arbuthnot" for Port Phillip 11 January 1847 (name, age, trade, disposition and character).(4/4546; microfilm copy SR Reel 706). 1 vol.Note:This description, as amended, is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.