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Agency Details

Agency Number: TA60
Title: CONVICT DEPARTMENT
Start Date: 01 Jan 1818
End Date: 31 Dec 1877
Description:

The Convict Department was part of the Imperial (as distinct from Colonial) establishment and was directly responsible to the Governor. By 1871 the number of Imperial convict (or ex-convicts in lunatic asylums) was so few that they were transferred to colonial custody, though their costs continued to be met out of Imperial funds. (For details, see the Guide to the Public Records of Tasmania, Section Three).
Information Sources:

Legislation Administered:

Legislation Creating:

Lt-Governor Davey
Legislation Abolishing Agency:

Functions Performed:
• 27 CONVICT ADMINISTRATION
• 17 LAW ENFORCEMENT [1]
Controlled Agencies:
• TA441 ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL 01 Jan 1820
Controlling Agencies:
• TA863 LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR'S OFFICE 16 Feb 1804 03 Dec 1825
• TA315 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE 01 Jan 1825
Subsequent Agencies:
• TA31 GAOL (BRANCH) 01 Jan 1823 31 Dec 1936
Related Agencies:
• TA768 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 12 Sep 1803 06 Jan 1904
• TA58 COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT 01 Jan 1804 31 Dec 1895
• TA736 COMMITTEE OF OFFICERS FOR REVIEWING CONVICT EXPENDITURE 01 Jan 1843 31 Dec 1870
Series Created By Agency:
• CON31  CONDUCT REGISTERS OF MALE CONVICTS ARRIVING IN THE PERIOD OF THE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM. 01 Jan 1803 31 Dec 1843
• CON40  CONDUCT REGISTERS OF FEMALE CONVICTS ARRIVING IN THE PERIOD OF THE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM. 01 Jan 1803 31 Dec 1843
• CON22  COMPREHENSIVE REGISTERS OF CONVICTS. 01 Jan 1804 31 Dec 1853
• CON23  ALPHABETICAL REGISTERS OF MALE CONVICTS. 01 Jan 1804 30 Jun 1840
• CON13  ASSIGNMENT LISTS AND ASSOCIATED PAPERS. 01 Jan 1810 12 Aug 1859
• CON25  LIST OF SHIPS TRANSPORTING MALE PRISONERS FROM 1817 TO 1853. 01 Jan 1818 31 Dec 1877
• CON135  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - COPIES OF FORMS USED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS AT TASMAN'S PENINSULA. 01 Jan 1818 31 Dec 1877
• CON27  APPROPRIATION LISTS OF CONVICTS. 01 Jan 1822 31 Dec 1846
• CON78  NORTHERN TASMANIA - ALPHABETICAL CONDUCT REGISTERS OF CONVICTS LIVING IN NORTHERN TASMANIA. 01 Jan 1822 31 Dec 1844
• CON79  NORTHERN TASMANIA - MUSTER ROLL OF MALE CONVICTS IN GEORGE TOWN AND LAUNCESTON. 01 Oct 1823 31 Oct 1823
• CON72  HULK LISTS. 01 Jan 1824 31 Dec 1851
• CON14  INDENTS OF MALE CONVICTS. 27 Jul 1824 26 May 1853
• CON80  NORTHERN TASMANIA - REGISTER OF MALE CONVICTS ASSIGNED IN THE NORTH. 01 Oct 1824 31 Oct 1824
• CON69  DESCRIPTIVE LISTS OF CONVICTS COMPILED BY SURGEONS - SUPERINTENDENT. 01 Jan 1825 31 Dec 1845
• CON18  DESCRIPTION LISTS OF MALE CONVICTS. 01 Jan 1828 31 Dec 1853
• CON32  SUPPLEMENTARY CONDUCT REGISTERS. 01 Jan 1828 31 Dec 1853
• CON145  REGISTER OF CONVICTS TRIED IN TASMANIA AND SENTENCED TO PENAL SETTLEMENTS. INDEXED. 01 May 1828 30 Apr 1834
• CON81  NORTHERN TASMANIA - REGISTER OF PASSES TO TRAVEL GRANTED TO CONVICTS ASSIGNED IN THE NORTH. 01 Sep 1828 31 Jan 1833
• CON19  DESCRIPTION LISTS OF FEMALE CONVICTS. 01 Oct 1828 31 Dec 1853
• CON43  PAGE FROM A REGISTER OF CONVICTS' CONVICTIONS. 19 Jan 1829 19 Mar 1829
• CON45  ALPHABETICAL REGISTERS OF APPLICATIONS FOR INDULGENCES. 01 Jul 1829 31 May 1851
• CON85  MACQUARIE HARBOUR - COMMANDANT'S LETTER BOOK. 20 Aug 1829 13 Sep 1833
• CON2  MISCELLANEOUS UNREGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS. 01 Jan 1831 31 Dec 1868
• CON122  PROTEUS CASH LIST. 01 Jan 1831 31 Dec 1831
• CON95  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - SUPERINTENDENTS' INWARD CORRESPONDENCE. 08 Mar 1831 23 Oct 1840
• CON15  INDENTS OF FEMALE CONVICTS. 09 May 1831 24 Feb 1853
• CON20  DESCRIPTION LISTS OF CONVICTS ARRIVING ON MINOR SHIPS OR CONVICTED LOCALLY. 01 Jan 1832 31 Dec 1853
• CON70  CONVICTS' PERSONAL CONDUCT SHEETS. 01 Jan 1832 29 May 1860
• CON83  NORTHERN TASMANIA - ALPHABETICAL LIST OF TICKET-OF-LEAVE HOLDERS IN NORTHERN TASMANIA, SHOWING EMPLOYERS. 01 Jan 1832 31 Dec 1835
• CON9  MUSTER-MASTER'S LETTERBOOK. 01 Apr 1832 30 Nov 1832
• CON84  NORTHERN TASMANIA - ALPHABETICAL REGISTER OF THE APPROPRIATION OF CONVICTS IN THE NORTH. 01 Jan 1833 31 Dec 1835
• CON77  MISCELLANEOUS CONVICT DOCUMENTS. 01 Apr 1833 31 Dec 1874
• CON139  FEMALE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, HOBART - REGISTER OF FEMALE CONVICTS ADMITTED TO THE FACTORY, SHOWING NUMBER OF DAYS VICTUALLED. 31 May 1833 31 Mar 1834
• CON44  CONVICTS' MEMORIALS FOR INDULGENCES. 01 Sep 1833 31 Oct 1864
• CON26  "THE NAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL MALE AND FEMALE CONVICTS ARRIVED IN THE COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES DURING THE YEAR 1833". PRINTED. 01 Jan 1834 31 Dec 1834
• CON52  REGISTERS OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMISSION TO MARRY. 01 Jan 1834 31 Dec 1858
• CON86  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - LETTERS FROM THE COLONIAL SECRETARY TO THE COMMANDANT, PORT ARTHUR. 09 Jan 1834 24 Jan 1834
• CON126  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - RETURN OF CONVICTS EMBARKED FOR PORT ARTHUR BY THE SHIPS TAMAR, ISABELLA, SHAMROCK, AND LADY FRANKLIN. 25 Jan 1834 30 Jun 1855
• AD764  NORTHERN TASMANIA - REGISTER OF TICKETS OF LEAVE, CONDITIONAL PARDONS AND CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM ISSUED. 12 Apr 1834 15 Oct 1835
• CON108  REGISTER OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF 230 MALE CONVICTS PER ARAB. 01 Jul 1834 31 Jul 1834
• CON54  REGISTER OF CONVICTS' MEMORIALS TO HAVE WIVES AND FAMILIES SENT FROM ENGLAND. 06 Oct 1834 07 Nov 1843
• CON154  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - MEMOS, LETTERS, AND INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. 01 Jan 1835 31 Dec 1840
• CON16  INDENTS OF CONVICTS LOCALLY CONVICTED OR TRANSPORTED FROM OTHER COLONIES. 01 Feb 1835 30 Nov 1853
• CON12  REGISTERS OF DOCUMENTS RECEIVED AND SENT CONCERNING CONVICTS ("CHARACTER BOOKS"). 01 Jan 1836 28 Dec 1853
• CON87  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS OF BUILDINGS AT PENAL SETTLEMENTS ON TASMAN'S PENINSULA. 01 Jan 1836 31 Dec 1836
• CON62  CONDITIONAL PARDONS 01 Jan 1837 30 Apr 1868
• CON125  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - MISCELLANEOUS MEMORANDA AND OTHER PAPERS RELATING TO PORT ARTHUR 01 Jan 1837 26 Dec 1876
• CON75  PASS FORMS. 01 Sep 1837 30 Sep 1881
• CON71  BRITISH AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING CONVICTS. 01 Jan 1838 31 Dec 1852
• CON117  LIST OF FEMALE CONVICTS UNDER SENTENCE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT LIVERPOOL. 01 Jan 1838 31 Dec 1838
• CON73  JOURNAL OF MONEYS PAID INTO THE SAVINGS BANK ON BEHALF OF CONVICTS. 27 Jul 1838 31 Dec 1853
• CON102  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 02 Aug 1838 29 May 1856
• CON115  SURGEON-SUPERINTENDENT'S RECEIPT FOR THE ARRIVAL OF A CONVICT ON BOARD THE MAJESTIC AT WOOLWICH. 24 Sep 1838 24 Sep 1838
• CON114  DESCRIPTIVE LISTS OF MALE AND FEMALE CONVICTS TO BE EMBARKED FOR VAN DIEMEN'S LAND FROM VARIOUS PRISONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 01 Jan 1839 31 Dec 1851
• CB55/1  LETTERBOOK OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BRIDGEWATER ROAD STATION. 21 Dec 1839 20 May 1845
• AE677  WARRANTS FOR REMOVAL OF PRISONERS TO PORT ARTHUR 01 Jan 1840 31 Dec 1857
• CON33  CONDUCT REGISTERS OF MALE CONVICTS ARRIVING IN THE PERIOD OF THE PROBATION SYSTEM. 01 Jan 1840 31 Dec 1853
• CON37  CONDUCT REGISTERS OF MALE CONVICTS ARRIVING ON NON-CONVICT SHIPS OR LOCALLY CONVICTED. 01 Jan 1840 31 Dec 1893
• CON38  INDEX TO CONDUCT REGISTERS OF MALE CONVICTS ARRIVING ON NON-CONVICT SHIPS OR LOCALLY CONVICTED. 01 Jan 1840 31 Dec 1893
• CON39  CONDUCT REGISTERS OF MALE CONVICTS WHOSE RECORDS WERE TRANSFERRED FROM THE PROBATION SERIES, AND OF CERTAIN OTHERS. 01 Jan 1840 31 Dec 1846
• CON146  RETURNS OF CONVICTS CHARGED AND SENTENCED AT HOBART AND LAUNCESTON. 01 Jan 1840 30 Jun 1840
• CON3  MEMORANDA FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, PRISONERS' BARRACKS, HOBART, TO THE PRINCIPAL SUPERINTENDENT OF CONVICTS RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF CONVICTS. 03 Jan 1840 27 Apr 1840
• CON113  CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM. 07 Apr 1840 07 Jun 1860
• CON107  DESCRIPTION LIST OF PERSONS CONVICTED BY COURTS MARTIAL. 01 May 1840 31 Aug 1840
• CON106  NORTHERN TASMANIA - RETURN OF CONVICTS EMPLOYED IN PUBLIC WORKS, GEORGE TOWN. 30 May 1840 31 Dec 1842
• CON111  RETURN OF CONVICTS WHOSE EXISTING SENTENCES OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE BEEN EXTENDED. 06 Jun 1840 13 Jun 1840
• CON63  REGISTERS OF CONVICTS' DEATHS. 10 Jun 1840 05 Jul 1874
• CON24  INDEX OF MALE CONVICTS ARRIVING UNDER THE PROBATION SYSTEM. 30 Jun 1840 30 Dec 1845
• CON55  REGISTER OF CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM GRANTED. 10 Mar 1841 31 Dec 1844
• CON96  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - REGISTERS OF RATIONS ISSUED TO PRISONERS. 01 Apr 1841 31 Mar 1851
• CON65  REGISTER OF THE APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS AT VARIOUS PROBATION STATIONS. 01 Jun 1841 30 Jun 1844
• CON82  NORTHERN TASMANIA - REGISTER OF PASSES TO CONVICTS IN THE NORTH, TOGETHER WITH QUARTERLY MUSTER ROLLS. 04 Sep 1841 02 Nov 1844
• CON110  REGISTER OF THE CONDUCT OF CONVICTS BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE. 01 Jan 1842 31 Dec 1843
• CON56  REGISTERS OF CONDITIONAL PARDONS ISSUED. 01 Jan 1842 20 May 1856
• CON59  REGISTER OF FREE PARDONS ISSUED. 01 Jan 1842 10 Dec 1846
• CON151  BIBLE FOR CONVICT TRANSPORT TRITON. 01 Jan 1842 31 Dec 1842
• AC480  PRISONER'S BARRACKS, HOBART - RECORD OF CHARGES LAID AGAINST CONVICTS UNDER SENTENCE. 17 Mar 1842 09 Apr 1846
• CON28  REGISTERS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF MALE CONVICTS TO PROBATION STATIONS. 06 Apr 1842 18 Jan 1846
• CON61  ABSOLUTE PARDONS. 11 Aug 1842 08 Jul 1867
• CON1  GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF CONVICTS. 01 Jan 1843 31 Dec 1869
• CON10  REGISTRAR'S LETTERBOOK. 27 Jan 1843 22 Dec 1843
• CON57  REGISTERS OF CONDITIONAL PARDONS ("GENERAL PASSES NOS. 1 & 2") ISSUED. 21 Nov 1843 28 Feb 1844
• CON34  CONDUCT REGISTERS OF MALE CONVICTS ARRIVING UNDER THE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM ON STRENGTH IN NOV 1844. 01 Jan 1844 31 Dec 1892
• CON35  CONDUCT REGISTERS OF MALE CONVICTS ARRIVING UNDER THE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM ON NON-CONVICT SHIPS AND ON STRENGTH IN NOV 1844. 01 Jan 1844 31 Dec 1844
• CON36  INDEX TO CONDUCT REGISTER OF MALE CONVICTS ARRIVING UNDER THE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM ON NON-CONVICT SHIPS AND ON STRENGTH IN NOV 1844. 01 Jan 1844 31 Dec 1844
• CON41  CONDUCT REGISTERS OF FEMALE CONVICTS ARRIVING IN THE PERIOD OF THE PROBATION SYSTEM. 01 Jan 1844 31 Dec 1853
• CON147  LEDGER OF MONEY HELD ON BEHALF OF CONVICTS. 01 Jan 1844 31 Dec 1851
• CON97  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - REGISTER OF CHARGES LAID AND SENTENCES IMPOSED ON PRISONERS UNDER PROBATION. 01 Jan 1844 18 Feb 1854
• CON166  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - MINUTES OF HEARINGS BY MAGISTRATES OF CHARGES AGAINST PRISONERS IN THE BARRACKS. 01 Apr 1844 30 Jun 1845
• CON98  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - SALARY ABSTRACTS OF OFFICERS EMPLOYED. 01 Jun 1844 31 May 1852
• AA215  NORTHERN TASMANIA - REGISTER OF THE RECEIPT AND DISCHARGE (LAUNCESTON PRISONERS BARRACKS?) OF PRISONERS IN TRANSIT. 03 Jun 1844 12 Aug 1847
• CON17  INDENTS OF MALE CONVICTS ARRIVING FROM NORFOLK ISLAND. 06 Jun 1844 07 Sep 1852
• CON8  ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER-GENERAL'S LETTERBOOK. 14 Jun 1844 22 Jul 1845
• CON66  REGISTER OF FEES PAID IN CONNECTION WITH CONVICTS' DEATHS. 01 Jul 1844 28 Feb 1850
• CON60  REGISTER OF FREE PARDONS ISSUED TO POLITICAL PRISONERS TRANSPORTED FROM CANADA. 31 Jul 1844 09 Jan 1845
• CON148  ALPHABETICAL REGISTER OF CONVICTS SECONDARILY TRANSPORTED FROM NEW SOUTH WALES TO NORFOLK ISLAND AND REMAINING THERE IN AUG 1844. 01 Aug 1844 31 Aug 1844
• CON88  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - REGISTER OF PRISONERS DISCHARGED FROM A PENAL STATION. 01 Aug 1844 30 Sep 1848
• CON21  DESCRIPTION LISTS OF CONVICTS ARRIVING FROM NORFOLK ISLAND. 26 Jul 1845 28 Dec 1851
• CON50  CONVICTS' MEMORIALS SEEKING PERMISSION TO MARRY. 23 Sep 1845 17 Jan 1852
• CON51  CONVICTS' AFFIDAVITS TO SUPPORT APPLICATIONS TO MARRY. 20 Oct 1845 12 Aug 1853
• CON121  LIST OF PACKAGES OF GOVERNMENT CLOTHING MADE ON BOARD THE PESTONJEE BOMANGEE DURING ITS VOYAGE TO VAN DIEMENS LAND. 01 Dec 1845 31 Dec 1845
• CON112  REGISTER OF TICKETS-OF-LEAVE ISSUED. 01 Jan 1846 31 Dec 1849
• CON104  MARIA ISLAND - LETTERBOOK OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, LONG POINT STATION. 14 Jul 1846 07 Nov 1846
• CON162  REQUISITIONS FOR STORES FOR USE AT VARIOUS CONVICT ESTABLISHMENTS. 01 Jan 1847 31 Dec 1848
• CON116  TRANSPORTATION ORDERS FROM VARIOUS COURTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 07 Feb 1847 31 Dec 1849
• CON142  FEMALE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, HOBART - VISITORS' BOOK. 25 Feb 1847 15 Mar 1890
• CON29  REGISTER OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICTS. 01 May 1847 30 Jun 1847
• CON58  LIST OF CONVICTS RECOMMENDED FOR CONDITIONAL PARDONS. 01 Jun 1847 22 Sep 1852
• CON47  SCHEDULES OF CONVICTS' APPLICATIONS FOR REMISSION OF SENTENCES. 01 Jan 1848 31 Dec 1848
• CON30  REGISTERS OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROBATION PASSHOLDERS. 01 May 1848 31 Oct 1857
• CON159  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - RECORD OF THE NUMBER OF MEN WORKING IN VARIOUS GANGS (FROM THE BARRACKS) WITH THE NAMES OF OVERSEERS. 01 May 1848 31 Jan 1863
• CON4  JUDGES' AND CHAIRMENS' REPORTS ON CRIMINAL CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS. 01 Jan 1849 31 Dec 1857
• CON5  RETURNS FROM VARIOUS STATIONS OF CONVICTS RECEIVED AND DISCHARGED. 01 Jan 1849 31 Jan 1849
• CON120  RETURNS TO ACCOMPANY THE CAPTIONS OF CONVICTS ON THEIR REMOVAL TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENT PRISONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 01 Jan 1849 31 Dec 1852
• CON176  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - SCHOOL BOOK BELONGING TO JAMES NORTH AT POINT PUER. 01 Jan 1849 31 Jan 1849
• CON67  "ACCOUNTS OF MONEY RECEIVED FROM PRISONERS AS REPAYMENT OF REWARDS FOR THEIR APPREHENSION". 31 Jul 1849 06 May 1859
• CON152  REGISTER OF CONVICTS HIRED BY PRIVATE EMPLOYERS. 01 Jan 1850 31 Dec 1852
• CON127  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - REGISTERS OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE ASYLUM (EARLIER AT SALTWATER RIVER, LATER PORT ARTHUR), WITH DETAILS OF DISEASE, BEHAVIOUR, DIET AND TREATMENT. 01 Jan 1850 31 Dec 1877
• CON161  NEW TOWN FARM HIRING DEPOT - STATISTICAL RETURNS (INMATES, RATIONS, STORES). 01 Jan 1850 31 Dec 1851
• CON7  COMPTROLLER-GENERAL'S LETTERBOOK. 03 Jan 1850 22 Jan 1854
• CON99  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - SUPERINTENDENTS' JOURNAL. 22 Feb 1850 11 May 1851
• CON153  INDEX TO REGISTER OF CONVICTS HIRED TO PRIVATE EMPLOYERS. 01 Jul 1850 31 Jul 1850
• CON119  STATEMENTS RESPECTING CONVICTS RECOMMENDED FOR REMOVAL FROM PUBLIC WORKS IN GREAT BRITAIN TO SEPARATE CONFINEMENT, OR TO BE RETAINED IN SEPARATE CONFINEMENT BEYOND THE ORDINARY PER 24 Dec 1850 21 Oct 1851
• CON6  RETURNS OF CONVICTS RECEIVING MAGISTERIAL SENTENCES SINCE 1 DEC 1850 AND AWAITING DISPOSAL AT HOBART. 03 Mar 1851 07 May 1851
• CON138  FEMALE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, HOBART - REGISTER OF OFFENCES COMMITTED AND PUNISHMENT ORDERED. 27 Mar 1851 31 May 1854
• CON89  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - RETURNS OF MEN DISCHARGED FROM THE INVALID STATION AT IMPRESSION BAY. 03 May 1851 24 May 1851
• CON136  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - SCHOOL RECORD OF PUPILS AT THE PRISONERS' BARRACKS. 01 Jul 1851 29 Feb 1852
• CON76  JOURNAL OF THE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD THE CONVICT SHIP BLENHEIM (4). 23 Jul 1851 07 Nov 1851
• CON118  STATEMENTS RESPECTING CONVICTS RECOMMENDED FOR REMOVAL FROM PUBLIC WORKS IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR FURTHER PROBATION IN VAN DIEMENS LAND. 01 Nov 1851 30 Nov 1851
• AA968  RETURN OF NUMBER OF CONVICTS EMPLOYED AT MILITARY BARRACKS, HOBART. 01 Jan 1852 31 Mar 1852
• CON160  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - DAILY RECORD OF VISITS BY OFFICIALS AND REPORTS BY OFFICERS AT VARIOUS POSTS IN THE BARRACKS. 01 Jan 1852 31 Dec 1852
• CON155  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - RECORD OF ALL (?) PRISONERS RECEIVED AND DISCHARGED. 01 Jan 1852 30 Jun 1852
• CON90  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - REGISTER OF PRISONERS RECEIVED AT A PENAL STATION. 01 Mar 1852 30 Apr 1852
• CON150  LIST OF MALE CONVICT SHIPS 1817-53, GIVING GRAND TOTALS OF NUMBERS TRANSPORTED. 01 Jan 1853 31 Dec 1853
• CON157  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - WARDENS' DAILY REPORTS - "E DIVISION". 01 Jan 1853 31 Dec 1853
• CON158  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - REGISTER OF PRISONERS PERFORMING "MONITORIAL DUTIES". 01 Jan 1853 31 Dec 1857
• CON164  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - REGISTER OF ABSENTEES FROM MUSTERS AT THE BARRACKS. 01 Jan 1853 31 Dec 1853
• CON128  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - JOURNAL OF CHARLES H. BROWN, DISTRICT CONSTABLE, COAL MINES. 01 Feb 1853 07 Feb 1855
• CON53  REGISTER OF WOMEN'S APPLICATIONS FOR PERMISSION TO MARRY. 01 Mar 1853 31 Dec 1854
• CON144  APPLICATIONS FOR CONDITIONAL PARDONS. 01 Jun 1853 30 Jun 1853
• CON129  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - COPY OF DIARY OF POLICE DUTIES KEPT BY CHARLES H. BROWN, DISTRICT CONSTABLE, COAL MINES. 03 Aug 1853 27 Aug 1853
• CON140  FEMALE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, HOBART - RETURN OF FEMALE PASS HOLDERS RECEIVED INTO THE ESTABLISHMENT FROM THE POLICE OFFICE, HOBART TOWN. 16 Sep 1853 16 Sep 1853
• CON42  CONDUCT REGISTER OF FEMALE CONVICTS RECONVICTED IN THE COLONY. 01 Jan 1854 31 Dec 1892
• CON74  "INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CONVICT HOSPITALS" HOBART TOWN ADVERTISER OFFICE. PRINTED. 01 Jan 1854 31 Dec 1854
• CON167  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - ALPHABETICAL REGISTER OF PRISONERS RECEIVED AFTER SENTENCING IN VARIOUS COURTS. 01 Jan 1854 31 Dec 1857
• CON100  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - DEPUTY-SUPERINTENDENTS' JOURNAL. 26 Jan 1854 11 Mar 1859
• AA967  FEMALE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, ROSS - RETURN OF WOMEN TRANSFERRED FROM THE LAUNCESTON HOUSE OF CORRECTION TO THE ROSS HOUSE OF CORRECTION. 01 Jun 1854 30 Jun 1854
• CON171  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - REPORT OF DAILY INSPECTIONS OF BUILDINGS AT PORT ARTHUR. 29 Sep 1854 27 Nov 1854
• CON169  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - REGISTER OF "HOURS WORKED" CREDITED TO PRISONERS FOR DAILY LABOUR AND EXTRA DUTIES. 01 Jan 1855 31 Dec 1859
• CON168  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - REGISTER OF APPLICATIONS BY PRISONERS IN THE BARRACKS TO WRITE LETTERS. 01 Jan 1855 31 Dec 1857
• CON156  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - DAILY RECORD OF PRISONERS RECEIVED INTO, AND DISCHARGED FROM "H DIVISION". 01 May 1856 31 Dec 1856
• CON163  REGISTER OF WOMEN RECEIVING CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM (?). 01 Jan 1857 31 Dec 1865
• CON170  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - RECORD OF PRISONERS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT SHOWING NAME, SHIP, AGE, WEIGHT GAIN OR LOSS, NUMBER OF DAYS AND DATE OF RELEASE (FRAGMENT ONLY). 01 Jan 1857 31 Dec 1858
• CON48  INDEX TO CONVICTS THE SUBJECT OF CORRES- PONDENCE RELATING TO REMISSIONS OF SENTENCE. 01 May 1857 31 Oct 1857
• CON11  DRAFTS AND COPIES OF THE COMPTROLLER- GENERAL'S ANNUAL REPORTS AND SEMI-ANNUAL RETURNS. 23 Jan 1858 18 Aug 1862
• CON91  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - JOURNALS OF THE WARDEN OF THE SEPARATE PRISON. 04 Jun 1858 08 Feb 1863
• CON131  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - DAILY STATEMENTS OF THE GAOL, THE PRISONERS' BARRACKS AND THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. 01 Jun 1859 31 Aug 1868
• CON101  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - GATE KEEPERS JOURNAL. 01 Sep 1859 28 Aug 1860
• CON134  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - RETURNS OF CONVICTS, PAUPERS AND LUNATICS HELD AT TASMAN'S PENINSULA. 01 Jan 1860 31 Dec 1860
• CON64  RETURNS OF CONVICTS' DEATHS AND CASUALTIES. 31 Mar 1860 30 Jun 1871
• CON165  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - WARDENS' DAILY JOURNAL - "F DIVISION". 01 Dec 1860 31 Mar 1861
• CON49  REGISTER OF CONVICTS' APPLICATIONS TO INTERVIEW THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL AND SHERIFF. 04 Apr 1862 28 Sep 1886
• CON46  REGISTER OF PETITIONS REFERRED TO THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL AND SHERIFF. 01 May 1862 31 Dec 1864
• CON109  SALARY BOOK OF A TICKET-OF-LEAVE HOLDER. 30 Aug 1862 31 Dec 1862
• CON174  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - RECORD OF DAILY TOTALS IN A DIVISION SEPARATE PRISON. 01 Jan 1863 31 Mar 1867
• CON123  COPY OF A RETURN OF "IMPERIAL" CONVICTS WHOSE EXPENSES ARE CHARGED TO THE COLONY. 01 Dec 1863 31 Dec 1863
• CON92  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - REGISTERS OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICTS 01 Jan 1864 31 Dec 1869
• CON177  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - RECORD OF MEN EMPLOYED IN NO. 1 CHAIN GANG. 01 Jan 1864 31 Dec 1865
• CON137  PRISONERS BARRACKS, HOBART - RETURN OF MONEY FORFEITED FROM PRISONERS. 01 Aug 1864 31 Dec 1864
• CON141  FEMALE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, HOBART - RETURN OF MONEY FORFEITED FROM, OR HELD IN CUSTODY FOR PRISONERS. 01 Aug 1864 31 Dec 1864
• CON132  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - RETURN OF MONEY FORFEITED BY PRISONERS AT PORT ARTHUR. 01 Sep 1864 30 Nov 1864
• CON172  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - REGISTER OF EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICTS SHOWING NUMBERS ENGAGED IN EACH ACTIVITY AND NUMBER OF ARTICLES MADE OR REPAIRED. 01 Oct 1865 30 Jun 1870
• CON130  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - DAY BOOK SHOWING DUTIES PERFORMED BY CONVICTS, THEIR BEHAVIOUR, AND AMOUNT OF EARNINGS. MARKED "26". 01 Dec 1865 31 Mar 1868
• CON173  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - DAILY RECORD OF WORK PERFORMED BY CONVICTS IN THE BOOTMAKERS SHOP. 01 Jan 1867 31 Aug 1868
• CON68  ESTIMATES FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MAR 1870. 01 Jan 1868 31 Dec 1868
• CON94  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - CONDUCT REGISTERS, PORT ARTHUR. 01 Jan 1868 30 Sep 1876
• CON133  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - SEMAPHORE CODE DICTIONARY. 01 Jan 1868 31 Dec 1868
• CON93  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - LOG BOOK OF THE SCHOONER HARRIET. 05 Jun 1869 17 Nov 1871
• CON105  FEMALE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, HOBART - DESCRIPTION LISTS OF PRISONERS. 01 Jan 1873 30 Jun 1879
• CON149  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - MAP OF TASMAN'S PENINSULA, SHOWING SIGNAL STATIONS, AND A LIST SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRISONERS AND OFFICIALS. 02 May 1873 02 May 1873
• CON175  TASMAN'S PENINSULA - RECORD OF DAILY TOTALS KEPT BY THE OVERSEER OF THE MODEL PRISON, PORT ARTHUR 01 Jan 1874 31 Aug 1875