NRS-988 | Copies of letters to Norfolk Island

Copies of letters to the Commandant and later the Superintendent of Norfolk Island and other officers. In front of the 1825-31 volume is an index to a list of convicts which was once in the back of the book. Only one page of this list remains. The series begins at the second stage of the Island's occupation. Bathurst had written to Brisbane in July 1824 desiring him to reoccupy Norfolk Island, "upon the principle of a great Hulk or Penitentiary", as a place to receive the worst convicts. The object was to relieve the main colony of many of the inconveniences resulting from their presence in New South Wales as well as to establish a place of secondary punishment. There was some delay from lack of shipping but the reoccupation was finally made on 6 June 1825 under Captain Turton of the 40th Regiment as military commandant. (4/3821-24; microfilm copy 1825 SR Reel 6019, 1825-51 SR Reels 764-766). 4 vols.*ARK (1825) Note:This description is based on Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

本档案集收录寄往诺福克岛（Norfolk Island）军事典狱长及后任行政主管，以及其他军官的信件副本。1825至1831年卷册的首页附有一份罪犯名单索引——该索引原置于本书末尾，但如今仅存该名单的一页残页。本档案系列始于诺福克岛被占领的第二个阶段。1824年7月，巴瑟斯特（Bathurst）致信布里斯班（Brisbane），提出以“大型囚船或感化监狱”为运作原则，重新占领诺福克岛，用以收容罪行最为严重的流放犯。此举旨在缓解新南威尔士本土殖民地因安置此类囚犯所产生的诸多不便，同时设立二级惩戒流放地。因缺乏运输船只，行动一度延误，但最终于1825年6月6日由第40军团（40th Regiment）的特顿上尉（Captain Turton）以军事典狱长身份完成对诺福克岛的重新占领。（馆藏编号：4/3821-24；缩微胶卷副本：1825 SR 卷6019，1825至1851年 SR 卷764-766）。共4卷。*ARK（1825）注：本描述源自2000年出版的《新南威尔士州档案馆简明指南》第三版。