Series:
Documents in Cases of Insolvency
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
26 Jul 1821
End Date:
02 Jan 1900
Creating Agency:
Supreme Court (Registrar's Office) (TA42) | 01 Jan 1824 | 31 Dec 1924 |
Commissioner for Insolvent Estates (TA1735) | 01 Aug 1839 | 31 Dec 1869 |
Related Series:
SC507 Copies of Various Acts relating to Bankruptcy and Debtors with Rules and Orders Thereunder. | 01 Jan 1824 | 31 Dec 1924 |
GD44 Alphabetical Register of Debtors in the Gaol. | 01 Jan 1834 | 31 Dec 1843 |
SC33 Minutes of Proceedings in Insolvency. | 04 Mar 1834 | 15 Dec 1884 |
SC368 Register of the Removal of Debtors from Launceston to Hobart for Trial. | 01 Jan 1835 | 31 Jan 1835 |
SC383 List of Persons declared Insolvent by One of the Commissioners (Indexed). | 06 Jan 1841 | 08 Jul 1841 |
SC384 Copies of Orders Made in Cases of Insolvency. | 27 Oct 1841 | 09 Mar 1842 |
Subsequent Series:
SC84 Documents in Cases in Bankruptcy | 01 Jan 1870 | 31 Dec 1928 |
How to Use:
Digital images of this record series are available to view online by clicking on the item links below to get to the Item Details pages. Copies may be made for private research/study but any other use requires permission from the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office.
Series notes:
Insolvency is the inability to pay debts in full. Prior to 1839, the distribution of insolvent estates took place before the Supreme Court (6 William IV no.10 and 2 Vict no. 29). Under 3 Victoria No. 1, two Commissioners of Insolvent Estates were appointed to hear all matters in insolvency, one for Hobart and the other for Launceston (from 1 August 1839). The series end date of 1900 reflects the fact that a few cases continued on after the insolvency legislation was superseded by the Bankruptcy Act 1870.
The documents created in this series can include declarations of insolvency, meetings of creditors, notices of advertisement, schedules of debts and claims and appointments of assignees to administer/collect/recover/dispose of the insolvent's effects. Not all early documents in insolvency have survived and in this case the related series of minutes should be consulted.
These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
Alphabetical
Items: