NEW SOUTH WALES – COLONIAL SECRETARY
LETTERS RELATING TO MORETON BAY AND QUEENSLAND
RECEIVED 1822 – 1860
LETTERS RECEIVED 1833 - 1836 AND PAPERS FILED WITH THEM – REEL A2.8
CONTINUED FROM REEL A2.7
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REF NO
CS REF NO
34/01169
DATE
RECD
1834 02 19
TO
Hon CS
34/01170
1834 02 19
Hon CS
34/01808
1834 03 19
Hon CS
34/01176
1834 02 19
His Ex Maj Gen
Richard Bourke,
Governor
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LETTERS RECEIVED 1834 AND PAPERS FILED WITH THEM
A2.8
325
1834 02 11
Letter re mitigation of sentences for individuals [33/2 – as it is]
Margin
Richard Mayer/ “Mangles”
William White/ “General Stewart”
Patrick Devoy/ ”Canada”
Michael Noonan/ “Prince Regent”
Re report on petitions by prisoners
Margin
Guiseppe Laberbeira/ “Elizabeth”
Henry Caulthorpe/ came free
&
Notes in margin throughout
A2.8
325 again
– 326
1834 02 20
1834 03 07
Notes re above
Particulars: Richard Mayer/ “Mangles” 3, William White/ “General Stuart” [also
spelt General Stewart], Patrick Devoy/ “Canada” 1, Michael Noonan/ “Prince
Regent” 2
327
“R B”
1834 05 09~
328
Commandants Office, Moreton
Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
Commissariat Office, Sydney
Miller ACG in absence of DCG
1834 02 11
Governor’s decision
Re Richard Mayer/ “Mangles”, William White/ “General Stuart”, Patrick Devoy/
“Canada”, Michael Noonan/ “Prince Regent”
Letter re 17th Regiment to India – needs a case for transporting his books [34/3]
&
Notes in margin
Governor’s decision
Letter re women at Moreton Bay making clothing – no material in Store –
clothing received from England - suggests women be employed shelling corn
[No 247]
Moreton Bay
Morgan Edwards
1834 01 01
Petition of Morgan Edwards/ “Competitor” – mentions drowning of overseer
James Richardson – prays removal to Van Diemen’s Land
&
Particulars of the above prisoner
1834 07 31~
Notes re above
FROM
Commandants Office, Moreton
Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1834 03 18
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
“R B”
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A2.8
329
A2.8
330 - 331
A2.8
332 – 334
335
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CS REF NO
26/02787~
DATE
RECD
1826 05 15
TO
FROM
Alexander McLeay,
CS
Secretary’s Office, Hobart
Town
John Montague
34/01646
1834 03 12
Hon CS
34/05356
1834 07 31
Hon CS
34/05357
1834 07 31
Hon CS
th
34/05357
Lieut Nagel, 17
Regt
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1826 04 22
“R B”
1826 05 17~
Commissariat office, Sydney
James Laidley
Commandants Office, Moreton
Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
1834 03 11
Moreton Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
1834 07 23
1834 07 13
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CONTENTS
Letter re Morgan Edwards to Sydney per “Isabella” – mentions murder of
overseer James Richardson
Margin
Details – Morgan Edwards
Notes re above
To Moreton Bay per “Isabella”19th May 1826
Letter re cast iron articles for Moreton Bay for Crown Wheel of wind mill – paper
patterns provided inadequate – requires perfect models in wood [No 32]
Letter re arrival of Brig “Harriet” [also spelt Harriett] – loading maize completed,
timber (cedar plank) also loaded [34/7]
Mentions 3 prisoners (free) working passage to Sydney
Margin
Edward Holmes/ native
Samuel Kenrick/ “Recovery”
Thomas Devlin/ “Elizabeth”
Letter re grounding of Brig “Harriet” – details in enclosed Proceedings of Board
of Enquiry [34/8]
William Morris, Pilot was ill – Master Edward King of “Regent Bird” & James
Hexton, free seaman acquainted with job of Pilot – mentions Mr Hansen
“Harriet’s” boats destroyed so boat & oars supplied returned to Master Attendant
in Sydney
PAGE
336, 338
[no p 337]
339
A2.8
340 - 341
A2.8
342 – 345
A2.8
346 – 348
Notes re above
349
Moreton Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
1834 07 23
Letter requesting the Board of Enquiry take evidence from the Master & Mates of
Brig “Harriet” & of the Pilot & others re grounding in Moreton Bay – also note of
damages sustained – query re cargo
350
Amity Point
J Thomas Nagel, Lieut 17th
W Tobin, Lieut
J S Spicer
1834 07 23
Proceedings of a Court of Enquiry held by Order of Captain J O Clunie 17th Regt
Foot – Commandant, Moreton Bay
President Lieut J Thomas Nagel – 17th Regt
Lieut William Tobin, 17th Regt – Member
Mr J S Spicer - Member
1st Evidence: William Barnet Rhodes – Master of Brig “Harriet” of Liverpool
2nd Evidence: Mr Edward Humble, Chief Mate of Brig “Harriet”
3rd Evidence: Mr Robert Johnson, 2nd Mate of “Harriet”
4th Evidence: Edward King, acting Pilot at Moreton Bay
5th Evidence: Francis De Silva, coxswain to the Pilot
“Approved – J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt, Commandant”
351 – 358
Hon CS
Moreton Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
1834 07 24
Forwarding letter from Master of “Harriet” re mutinous state of the crew
[No 34/9]
Forwarding additional 6 prisoners to Sydney
Gives further particulars re grounding of “Harriet” & Edward King as Pilot
34/05358
Capt Clunie
Brig “Harriet”
W B Rhodes
1834 07 24
Letter indicating crew would not proceed without 6 additional men to assist
pumping
363 – 364
34/05358
Hon CS
J O Clunie
Capt 17th Regt, Commandant
1834 07 25
List of 6 Prisoners forwarded from Moreton Bay to Sydney by the Hired Brig
“Harriet” – 25th July 1834
William Browning/ a native
John Clarke/ “Neptune”
365 – 366
34/05357
34/05358
1834 07 31
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DATE
RECD
TO
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
FROM
Daniel Smith/ “Isabella”
William Stanton/ “Mangles”
Terence McGuigan/ “Almorah”
William Hay/ “Royal Charlotte”
Note
Re vacancy at Penal Settlement – mentions Waller
34/05465
34/05465
1834 08 04
34/05875
34/05875
34/01168
CONTENTS
1834 08 19
1834 02 19
Hon Alexander
McLeay, CS
Deputy Commissary
General
John Blackmore
1834 07 29
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Sydney
1834 08 22
Hon CS
Moreton Bay
Commandant
1834 02 11~
Memorial of John Blackmore/ “Hadlow” 1 (Greigg, Commander) – wants
situation at any penal settlement or in the interior
Letter requesting report on enclosed Extract from Commandant Moreton Bay
requiring livestock for Moreton Bay
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A2.8
367
368
A2.8
369 – 370
Extract of a Letter from the Commandant Moreton Bay to the Honourable the
Colonial Secretary dated 11 February 1834
Re livestock for Moreton Bay – mentions the Settlement being abandoned
371
Notes re above
Mentions Governor’s Minute – re stock at Norfolk Island
372
Hon CS
Commandants Office, Moreton
Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
1834 06 09
Acknowledging receipt of a letter per “Governor Phillip” – loaded with maize for
Norfolk Island
Para 2: Re livestock for Moreton Bay, especially horses
Para 3: Re employment of female prisoners – shelling maize limited – suggests
making of slops, clothing etc.
Para 4: Re W P Daniels/ “Malabar” – Overseer of Public Works – obtained public
property by forgery – punishment
Para 5: Re “Governor Phillip” returning to Sydney via Moreton Bay – approx 100
convicts whose Colonial Sentences have expired & 13 free for the return journey
Enclosing Return of 5 Constables worthy of indulgences
373 – 376
Hon CS
Commandants Office, Moreton
Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
1834 05 16
List of 3 Constables & 2 Overseers whose Term of Servitude expires at the
following dates by the 62 Par of the Regulations for Penal Settlements
John Harris/ “Grenada”
Philip Reilly/ “Henry Porcher”
Samuel Judd/ “Minerva”
Thomas Stone/ “Grenada”
Edward Holmes/ “General Stuart”
377 - 379
Hon CS
Commandants Office, Moreton
Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
1834 02 11
Acknowledging receipt of letters per “Governor Phillip” – ready for Sydney [No 34/1]
A2.8
380 – 384
Para 2: Re fresh provisions for winter months
Discusses requirements for livestock for breeding – also horses
Mentions abandoning the Settlement
Para 3: Estimate re the Settlement – maize, timber – disposal of produce to be
addressed
Mentions timber forwarded & specimens of casks made at Settlement
Mentions Mrs Fawkes involved in malpractices – removed as Matron of Female
factory – appointed Mrs McAlister (wife of sergeant)
Para 5: Suggests women be employed making up slops for other establishments
& private individuals
Para 6: Re forgery by prisoner employed as clerk by Superintendent of Public
Works – misappropriated public stores
Para 7: Manifest of “Governor Phillip” & List of Passengers & prisoners enclosed
[Manifest & List not filmed here]
&
Notes in margin throughout
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REF NO
CS REF NO
34/05880
34/05881
DATE
RECD
1834 08 19
1834 08 19
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Commandants Office, Moreton
Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
Hon CS
Commandants Office, Moreton
Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1834 06 09
1834 11 04
1834 06 09
CONTENTS
Letter re “Caroline” of Hobart Town, Kemp and Kemp owners, arrived at Moreton
Bay in distressed state – supplied with provisions – owners to pay [No 34/4]
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Notes re above [Ref 34/08078]
PAGE
385
386
Note
Re models of machinery for Moreton bay
Letter re runaways apprehended at Port Macquarie – requesting information
[No 34/5]
Margin
John Little/ “Eliza”
Sheik Brown/ native of India per “Asia”
Note
Re numbers on board Hulk for Port Macquarie & Moreton Bay
A2.8
387
A2.8
388 - 390
A2.8
392
[no p 391]
34/06059
1834 08 25
Hon CS
Commandants Office, Moreton
Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
1834 08 14
Letter reporting arrival of Brig “Governor Phillip” – loaded with “sawed timber” for
Sydney [No 34/11]
Para 2: Re Brig “Harriet” – Mr J Spicer brother of Superintendent of Convicts
assisted at Board of Enquiry & proceeds to Sydney – acquainted with all
circumstances
2 prisoners, part of Pilot’s boat crew, proceeding to Sydney
Margin
William Rolland/ “Prince Regent”
William Donald/ “Countess of Harcourt”
Can provide evidence
Mentions Edward King & William Morris – also Mr Gray, Asst Harbour Master,
Sydney
Para 3: Re Thomas Westcott/ “Florentia” in service of Mr Parker Superintendent
of Agriculture permitted to remain
Details re another prisoner - name omitted
Para 4: Re prisoners sent to Moreton Bay in August 1831 per “Eleanor” –
sentences expired & now forwarded
Many others - outlines selection of those to be returned to Sydney
Para 5: Manifest of articles on “Governor Phillip” & List of Passengers &
prisoners
[Manifest & List not filmed here]
&
Notes in margin throughout
A2.8
393 – 396
34/06061
1834 08 26
Hon CS
Commandants Office, Moreton
Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
1834 08 12
Forwarding letter from Asst Surgeon Murray recommending men for Invalid
Depot at Port Macquarie [Particulars enclosed] [No 34/10]
Mentions William Turner (attacked by natives), also Thomas Treslove
A2.8
397
Hon CS
Commandants Office, Moreton
Bay
J O Clunie, Capt 17th Regt,
Commandant
1834 08 12
Particulars of 2 Invalids recommended to be forwarded from Moreton Bay to
Portmacquarrie [also spelt Port Macquarie]
Thomas Treslove/ “Grenada” 1
James Turner/ “Prince Regent”
398 – 399
400
Note re above
34/06061
Capt Clunie, 17th
Regt, Commandant
Morton Bay (sic)
J F Murray
1834 08 04
Letter re incapacitated men for Port Macquarie: Thomas Treslove & James
Turner
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CS REF NO
34/06072
DATE
RECD
1834 08 26
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1834 08 12
TO
FROM
His Ex Maj Gen
Richard Bourke,
Governor
Moreton Bay
John Howard
Hon CS
J O Clunie
Capt, 17th Regt, Commandant
1834 09 12
1834 09 30
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Petition of John Howard/ “Larkins” 1
[Refs 34/00546, 34/01689]
1834 09 05
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
James Laidley
1834 09 04
34/06979
1834 09 26
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
James Laidley
1834 09 25
34/07414
1834 10 11
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
James Laidley
1834 10 11
34/06426
1834 09 08
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
James Laidley
1834 09 06
402
Particulars of John Howard per “Larkins” – a prisoner of the Crown serving under
sentence at Moreton Bay
403 – 404
Notes re above
405
Note
Re Brig “Harriet” & charges – chartered to convey maize & timber from Moreton
Bay – account submitted for passages of 9 prisoners of Crown – Capt Clunie to
be informed re additional prisoners
Reasons for addition of 9 prisoners & payment of their passages
&
Notes in margin [Refs 34/06387, 34/05356, 34/05358]
34/06387
PAGE
Submitting account for payment of passages of 9 prisoners sent per Brig
“Harriet” [No 121] [Account not filmed here]
&
Notes in margin
Letter re account for passage of 9 prisoners from Moreton Bay per Brig “Harriet”
– Agents pressing for payment [No 132] [Account not filmed here]
[Ref 34/06387]
A2.8
406 – 408
409 – 410
A2.8
411
Letter re Governor’s approval of account rendered by Captain of Brig “Harriet”
for passage of 9 prisoners from Moreton Bay to Sydney [No 139]
A2.8
412
Letter re requisition from Moreton Bay for cast iron segments & nut for mill stone
– new models need to be made – expense [No 122]
&
Notes in margin
A2.8
413 – 414
Note re above
“For Crown Wheel of Windmill at Moreton Bay”
415
34/08078
1834 11 06
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
James Laidley
1834 11 05
Letter re account for provisions supplied by Commissariat at Moreton Bay to
“Caroline” of Hobart Town – sent to ACG Moodie [No 144]
A2.8
416 - 417
34/07400
1834 10 11
Hon CS
Crown Solicitor’s Office,
Sydney
David Chambers, Crown
Solicitor
1834 10 10
Letter re opinion of Attorney & Solicitor General re letter from Sheriff – encloses
a case [re 2 men convicted of vagrancy at Moreton Bay]
&
Notes in margin
A2.8
418
D Chambers, Crown Solicitor
1834 10 08
A Case
Re Warrants from Capt Clunie to Gaoler of Sydney to receive persons for
vagrancy: William Barnett & John O’Neill
Requests opinion from Attorney & Solicitor General as to authority of Warrants
Attorney Generals Office
John Kinchela, Attorney
General
John H Plunkett, Solicitor
1834 10 10
[Opinion]
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TO
FROM
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
34/06930
1834 09 24
Hon CS
General
Sheriffs Office, Sydney
T Macquoid
1834 09 23
Letter re 2 prisoners received into Sydney Gaol – Committal Warrants enclosed
[see p 426, 427] – transmitted by Capt Clunie from Moreton Bay as vagrants
Margin
John O’Neill
William Barnett
Requested Opinion re Warrants from Crown Solicitor [see p 419]
1834 10 03
1834 09 13
Note re above [Ref 34/07400]
“Copy”
Letter re being held in Sydney Gaol – no reply to previous communication
“For the Sheriff’s Consideration”
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421 – 422
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424 – 425
34/06929
Sheriff
Sydney Gaol
William Barnett
John O’Neil [also spelt O’Neill]
34/06929
Keeper of H M Gaol,
Sydney
Moreton Bay
J Clunie JP
1834 07 30
Warrant
Re John O’Neill charged with vagrancy – oath of Principal Overseer Mr White
[Ref 2259]
426
34/06929
Keeper of H M Gaol,
Sydney
Moreton Bay
J Clunie JP
1834 07 12
At top: “Copy” - 2258
Warrant
William Barnett charged with vagrancy – oath of Mr J S Parker & Chief
Constable Bettingten
Letter requesting permission to join husband Mr John Parker Superintendent of
Agriculture at Moreton Bay - accompanied by young brother
&
Notes in margin
Letter transmitting details of amount paid into Colonial Treasury being Duties &
Contingent Receipts from 1- 31 Dec 1833 - accompanying Statement
[Statement not filmed here]
Letter giving opinion re Petition of Mary Ross & mitigation of sentence of
husband Roderick Ross
427
34/07827
1834 10 27
Hon CS
Sydney
Jane Parker
1834 10 25
34/00011
1834 01 03
His Ex the Governor
1833 12 31
34/01607
1834 03 11
Hon CS
Custom House, Sydney
James Brown
Burman Langa, Controller
Sydney
Francis Forbes
33/08437
1833 12 27
His Ex Maj Gen
Richard Bourke,
Governor
1834 03 10
1834 03 15
1834 05 18
1833 12 04
Notes re above
R Therry, George Bunn,
James Laidley, T Macquoid,
B Shadforth, J Norton,
Miller, ACG
1833 12 13
Certificate
K Snodgrass, Lt Col
1833 12 24~
Certificate
Pitt Street, Sydney
Mary Ross
A2.8
428
A2.8
429 – 430
A2.8
431
432
Petition of Mary Ross wife of Roderick Ross at Moreton Bay – mentions Richard
Riely – requests her husband be restored to her
A2.8
433 – 435
436
Margin
[413/33 Mary Ross]
&
G K Holden, P Secy
34/00490
F Forbes
“A McL”
1833 12 25
1834 02 28
1834 03 06
1834 02 03~
1834 03 19
Notes re above
Mentions shooting of Richard Rolley
Notes
Re losses by Post – mentions enclosed letter from Mr Macpherson & another
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DATE
RECD
TO
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1834 07 19~
FROM
“R B”
34/00490
34/00223
1834 01 20
1834 01 10
Hon CS
Hon CS
Internal Revenue Office,
Sydney
William Macpherson, Collector
Internal Revenue
General Post Office, Sydney
James Raymond
33/08063
1834 01 17
1834 01 07
1833 12 16~
“R B”
1833 12 19~
33/08063
Stephen Owen,
Bathurst
General Post Office, Sydney
James Raymond
1833 11 09
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PAGE
letter from Mr Jones?
Letter re Post Office being liable for money lost in transmission [No 34/36]
Mentions Bank Post Bills used for safe transmission of money - also on payment
of fee, Post Master undertakes safe conveyance of money
439 – 440
Note re above
Situation in England – money letter - mentions Sir F Truby?
Letter re loss of letter from Bathurst containing money belonging to Mr Owen –
mentions Bong Bong
Discusses Mr Lambart’s competency [also spelt Lambert] [Ref 34/00490]
&
Notes in margin throughout
“Schedule No 317/33 – 16 December 1833”
Note re Mr Raymond & loss of Bong Bong mail containing Mr Owen’s money
letter
Explanation & report on the complaint
441
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442 – 449
A2.8
450 – 453
Governor’s decision
Queries re handling of complaint – mentions Mr Lambert’s conduct
Note
Re English Post Office & money letters
“Copy”
Letter re non-arrival of letter to Charles Throsby, Bong Bong forwarded through
Bathurst Office containing Bank notes
Letter re 25 pounds sent through Post Office & lost – requesting if reimbursed it
be paid to Mr Charles Throsby
454
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A2.8
458
459 – 462
A2.8
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A2.8
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34/00148
1834 01 08
Hon Alexander
McLeay, CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
Stephen Owen DACG
1834 01 07
33/07868
1833 12 03
Hon Alexander
McLeay, CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
Stephen Owen DACG
1833 12 02
33/08063
1833 12 11
Hon CS
General Post Office, Sydney
James Raymond
1833 12 10
33/08140
1833 12 14
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
Stephen Owen DACG
1833 12 13
Stephen Owen
DACG
Sydney
General Post Office, Sydney
James Raymond
1833 12 07
Letter re non delivery of money letter & subsequent investigations
469 – 472
James Raymond
Postmaster General
Alexander McLeay,
CS
Sydney
Stephen Owen
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Van Diemen’s Land
1833 12 09
“Copy”
Letter re investigations into loss of money letter sent from Bathurst to Bong Bong
At top of letter: 15009
Letter re John Thomas sentenced to transportation by Supreme Court – from
473 – 475
34/00014
1834 01 03
1833 12 20
Notes re above
Letter giving details re non delivery of letter containing 25 pounds from Bathurst
addressed to Charles Throsby, Throsby Park, Bong Bong
&
Notes re above
Letter re complaint of DACG Owen re non delivery of letter containing 25 pounds
sent from Bathurst to Bong Bong – refers to “robbery” of mail at Bong Bong
“Schedule 317/33 – 16 Dec 1833”
&
Notes in margin
“Schedule 317/33 – 16 Dec 1833”
Letter transmitting correspondence re loss of money in Post Office between
himself & Mr Raymond
&
Notes in margin
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CS REF NO
DATE
RECD
TO
FROM
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
J Burnett
33/06439
1833 09 27
Hon CS
Attorney Generals Office
John Kinchela
33/04768
33/01635
Hon CS
Attorney Generals Office
John Kinchela
33/01635
PAGE
England per “Aurelia” or “Orelia” – not a runaway from Van Diemen’s Land
1833 09 26
1833 08 05~
1833 03 01
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1833 02 28
1833 02 01~
Notes re above
Letter giving opinion re John Thomas – suspected as runaway from Van
Diemen’s Land
“Schedule 232/33 – 5th Aug 33”
Re John Thomas/ free “Aurelia” 1830 – details
&
Governor’s decision
Letter giving opinion re persons who were recently convicted & either came free
or were born in Colony – transmitting list
Gives details re Anderson or Henderson who took a boat from William Graham
of Crook Haven near Five Islands – mentions Congo near the Marooya River
A2.8
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479 – 482
A2.8
483 - 485
A2.8
486 – 487
List of Prisoners Convicted during the February 1833 sittings of the Supreme
Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, who were born in the Colony or arrived free
therein
1st Feb
John Currant
] robbed the store of Alexander Brodie Spark
Thomas McGrath]
488 - 490
13th February
Patrick Dunn – highway robbery
14th February
Daniel Higgins
Henry Fuller
James Anderson
William Thomas
John Belford
Edward Welsh
]
] all came free ] revolt on board the ship “Eliza Frances”
]
]
]
15th February
Margaret Bryan – larceny
16th February
John Heald – robbery
John Anderson alias Henderson – robbery
John Thomas – larceny
&
33/04651
1833 07 16
Hon CS
33/04768
1833 07 20
Hon CS
33/02618
1833 04 11
Hon CS
Principal Superintendent of
Convicts Office, Sydney
F A Hely
Custom House, Sydney
James Brown
Burman Langa, Controller
Sheriffs Office, Sydney
T Macquoid, Sheriff
1833 04 06
1833 04 19
1833 07 16
1833 07 20
1833 04 10
Notes re above
Mentions Currant & McGrath to Van Diemen’s Land
Thomas - Ref 33/02618
Letter re John Thomas & identity [No 33/360]
&
Notes in margin [Refs 33/04768, 33/02618]
Letter querying whether John Thomas’s name in list of crew or passengers for
Barque “Aurelia” Capt Hutchinson 1830 or “Orelia” – “Orelia” Capt Hudson did
arrive in Hobart Town 1829 & returned [No 81]
At top of letter: 33/02082
Letter re interrogation of John Thomas on Hulk – encloses Superintendent‘s
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letter re Thomas [No 33/78]
High Sheriff
33/02082
1833 03 18
His Honour the
Judge
The High Sheriff
The High Sheriff
H M Hulk “Phoenix”
Thomas Makeig,
Superintendent
John Currant
H M Hulk “Phoenix”
Thomas Makeig,
Superintendent
H M Hulk “Phoenix”
Thomas Makeig,
Superintendent
Notes re above [Ref 33/04651]
496
Letter giving details re John Thomas/ C F – per “Aurelia” Capt Hutchinson 1830
(Free)
Mentions Mr Wolstonecraft
Letter re sentence
497
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1833 03 16
1833 04 11
Notes re above
Letter re John Thomas/ C F per “Aurelia” - sent to Hyde Park Barracks
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500
1833 04 19
1833 08 29
Note re above
Letter re John Thomas came free per “Aurelia” in 1830 – gives personal
description
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502
1833 04 10
503
34/03199
1834 05 15
Hon CS
Principal Superintendent of
Convicts Office, Sydney
F A Hely
34/06149
1834 08 29
Hon CS
Principal Superintendent of
Convicts Office, Sydney
F A Hely
34/05650
1834 08 09
Hon CS
1834 08 09
34/06150
1834 08 29
Hon CS
Court of Magistracy, Hyde
Park Barracks, Sydney
John Nicholson JP
Principal Superintendent of
Convicts Office, Sydney
F A Hely
“R B”
1834 08 13~
34/05650
34/00085
1834 01 04
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
34/01177
1834 02 19
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
34/01177
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1834 05 14
Note re above
[Refs 33/01635, 33/02082, 33/02618, 33/04768]
Letter requesting loan of Register of Prisoners transported to Moreton Bay &
Norfolk Island since May 1828 – to make copies [No 34/361]
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506 - 507
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Letter re Isaac Stott [34/01311] & Thomas Morton [34/01310] – ship “Susan”
Gives details for both – Stott taken by assignee Evans, Morton assigned to Dr
Reed of Argyle [No 34/457]
&
Notes in margin
Mentions Dr Reid [also spelt Reed]
Note re case of Stott & Morton [Ref 34/06150]
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1834 01 03
Enclosing Manifests of cargo shipped on H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip” for
Moreton Bay & Port Macquarie – ready to proceed
[Manifests not filmed here]
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1834 01 06
1834 02 19
Note re above
Letter re arrival of H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip” from Moreton Bay & encloses
Manifest of cargo
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518
1834 02 20
Notes re above
Re prisoners – “Governor Phillip” to Norfolk Island
519
1834 02 19
Manifest of Cargo, Passengers etc arrived on H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip”
from Moreton Bay
Passengers
Ensign Holden
520
1834 06 24
1834 08 28
1834 08 28
Note re above
Letter re Richard Claringbold/ “Morley” 1, a surgeon & William Lockwood/
“Manlius”, a clerk from Moreton Bay – sent to Hulk for removal to Port Macquarie
as “specials” [No 34/456]
&
Notes in margin
Letter re Thomas Morton/ “Susan” [aged 15 years] & Isaac Stott/ “Susan” [aged
15 years]
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Hon CS
Sheriffs Office, Sydney
T Macquoid, Sheriff
1834 02 17
The High Sheriff
H M Hulk “Phoenix”
Thomas Makeig,
Superintendent
John Weston
Principal Gaoler
1834 02 17
Hon CS
1834 02 10~
CONTENTS
DACG Kent
Henry Parker & family
John Macintosh, Chief Constable
3 soldiers, 1 woman & 3 children of 17th Regt & 51 prisoners
Letter re crowded state of the Hulk & increase of prisoners – encloses letter from
Superintendent [No 34]
&
Notes in margin
Letter re crowded state of Hulk – no room for prisoners expected from Moreton
Bay
Encloses List of men punished on Saturday [List not filmed here]
List of Prisoners Confined in H M Gaol Sydney on Monday the 10th day of
February 1834
Trial
George Parker, Peter Lawson, James Fearne, William Joy, Thomas Hobby,
John Smith, Edward Gills, James Shiels, Edward Carroll, James Price, William
Elliott, John Donoghue, Margaret Connor, Cornelius Sheehan, Quart Pot,
Numbo, Samuel Jones, Michael McGoe?, Joseph Coleman, John Flynn or
Young, Patrick Farrell, Stephen Fitzgerald, Henry O’Brien, Mary Taylor, Joseph
Thompson Smith, John Seldon, Thomas Shelles, Christopher Mooney, Ann
Edwards, Patrick Burke, Peter Murphy, James Crawford, Hugh Hughes, Thomas
Killeen, John Wyatt, George Foster, John Early or Anderson, James Taylor,
Robert Hogan, James Newman, Joseph Davies, Thomas Green, Patrick
Gallagher, Mary Mullowney, Sarah McGregor, William Lucas, Thomas Smith,
Francis Rush, Robert Parker, George Giles, Samuel Rooney, William Moore,
Thomas Stacey, John Ritchie, George Brammer, William Johnson, Peter
Thompson, John Whelan, James Handcock, James Lawrence, James Barron,
Martin Rush, George Connor, Joshua Dunn, John Hartnett, John Barron, Warren
Kerr, William Wilson, Bryan Eagan, James Walsh, Daniel Hanlon, John Coyne,
Thomas Moore, John Carley, John Jones, Michael Kavenagh, Susan Bartrip or
Webb?, James Kelly, Martha Temple, Joseph Boulton, James Phillips, James
Clements
Death
John Elliott, Charles Sergeant, James Kavenagh, Blesser Chesterfield
Remanded
Alexander McCullum, James Hamilton, Andrew Beaumont, William Lynch, John
Smith, John Ryan, Edward A Blount, Robert Lake, Daniel Sheehan, Michael
Byrne, John Johnstone, James Gleeson, James Farrell
Bail
Benjamin Johnson, William Ball or Galagher
Confines
James Scott, M R Thompkins, Denis Deneen, Cornelius Leary, James Downing,
James Stewart, Thomas Barleycorn, Owen Elliott, James McDonough, William
Doyle, Mary Cooper, William Elderkin, James Coughlan, James Smith, Isaac
Cordoza, Daniel Silk, John Thomas, John Martin
Labour
James Thompson, John Winch, Martin Quinn, John Morrison, Michael Farrell,
John Savage, Ann Reynolds, Charles Hannam, Margaret Ferris, Joseph Jones,
Denis Sheehan, Priscilla Bradley, Thomas Skinner
Iron’d Gang
James Smith, John Knight, Michael Hill, William Perkins, John Sheehan, James
Callaghan, John Davies, John Jackson, Michael Mullowney, John Thorpe, Denis
Callaghan, William White, John Whittle, William Stacey, William Christopher,
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William Cooksley, William Preston, John Burton, Thomas Loftus, John Bailey,
Joseph Waterhouse, Thomas Oldfield, Richard Anderson, Thomas Toke, John
Innis, William Fulton, Luke Waring, George Edwards, Joseph Simmonds, William
Bowers, Thomas Dowd, John Dalton, John Graystone, James Edwards, Thomas
Perkins, Thomas Bird
Interior
Terence Calligan, Daniel Bennison, Bernard Doran, William Clayton, George
Taylor, John Maguire, Thomas Rogers, Timothy Crane, John Reeves
Examination
Charles James, Bridget Flannigan, Mary Maloney, William Hanson
Factory
Catherine Nore, Mary Maguire, Maria Robson, Elizabeth Gurnett, Mary Kelly,
Mary O’Brien, Mary Ann Davies, Ann Smith, Mary Reynolds
Debtors
Robert Wainwright, Edward Riley, Alexander Thompson, Robert Ryan, E S Hall,
Edward Rielly, Joseph Blackwell, Richard Wilson, G T Greenshaw, John Smith,
William Lundin, James Green, Thomas Hughes, Robert Day, James Wolfe, John
Green, Henry Scallan, Frederick Walsh, John Payne, Ann Hind, James Jackson,
W G Barker, James Scott, William Ealy Sampson, Henry Scope, Peter Rush,
William Johnson, Michael Murray, George Wilson, Thomas Hinton, Thomas
Minnick, William Meeling
Note
Query re placement of prisoners arrived by “Governor Phillip”
John Nicholson
John Nicholson,
Master Attendant
Hon CS
H M Hulk “Phoenix”
Thomas Makeig,
Superintendent
John Weston
Principal Gaoler
CONTENTS
1834 02 19
Letter re crowded state of Hulk – 344 prisoners on board (excess of 82) – cannot
receive from “Governor Phillip”
1834 02 17~
List of Prisoners Confined in H M Gaol Sydney on Monday the 17th February
1834
Trial
James Fearne, William Joy, John Smith, James Shiels, Edward Carroll, James
Price, William Elliott, John Donoghue, Margaret Connor, Cornelius Sheehan,
Quart Pot, Numbo, Michael McGoe?, Joseph Coleman, Patrick Farrell, Stephen
Fitzgerald, Henry O’Brien, Mary Taylor, John Seldon, Thomas Shelles,
Christopher Mooney, Hugh Hughes, John Early, Joseph Davies, Mary Malowney
[also spelt Mullowney], Sarah McGregor, Francis Rush, George Giles, Samuel
Rooney, William Moore, Thomas Stacey, John Ritchie, George Brammer,
William Johnson, Peter Thompson, John Whelan, James Handcock, James
Lawrence, James Barron, Martin Rush, George Connor, Joshua Dunn, John
Hartnett, John Barron, Warren Kerr, William Wilson, Thomas Moore, John
Carley, John Jones, Michael Cavenagh [also spelt Kavenagh], Susan Bartripp
[also spelt Bartrip], James Kelly, Martha Temple, Joseph Boulton, James
Phillips, James Clements, Michael Hoy, Margaret Campbell, Thomas Redhead,
Lowther Jefferson, Samuel Hammond, James Pritchard, Hugh Caroline,
Elizabeth Woods, Lydia Sharpe, Esther Dowling, Mary Mitchell, William
Fitzgerald, Edward Lynch
Death
John Elliott, Samuel Jones, Edward Gills
Remanded
William Lynch
Bail
Benjamin Johnson, William Bell, William Walker, James Green
Confines
James Scott, Mark R Thompkins [also spelt M R Thompkins], Denis Deneen,
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1834 02 03
Thomas Makeig
Superintendent
1834 02 09~
CONTENTS
Cornelius Leary, James Downing, James Stewart, Thomas Barleycorn, Owen
Elliott, James McDonough, Mary Cooper, William Elderkin, James Coughlan,
Isaac Cordosa [also spelt Cordoza], Daniel Silk, John Thomas, John Martin,
Robert Parker, William Lucas, James Taylor
Labour
James Thompson, John Winch, Martin Quinn, John Morrison, Michael Farrell,
John Savage, Ann Reynolds, Charles Hannam, Margaret Ferris, Joseph Jones,
Denis Sheehan, Thomas Skinner
Iron’d Gang
James Smith, John Knight, Michael Hill, William Perkins, John Sheehan, James
Callaghan, John Davies, John Jackson, Michael Mullowney, John Thorpe, Denis
Callaghan, William White, John Whittle, William Stacey, William Christopher,
William Cooksley, William Preston, John Burton, Thomas Loftus, John Bailey,
Joseph Waterhouse, Thomas Oldfield, Richard Anderson, Thomas Toke, John
Innis, William Fulton, Luke Waring, George Edwards, Joseph Simmonds, William
Bowers, Thomas Dowd, John Dalton, John Graystone, James Edwards, Thomas
Perkins, Thomas Bird, Patrick McDonough, William Butler, John Davies, John
Smith, Samuel Brotherstone, John Tilley, Henry Brady, Thomas Bolton, Peter
Lawson, John Wyatt
Interior
Terence Calligan, Bernard Doran, William Clayton, George Taylor, John
Maguire, Thomas Rogers, Timothy Crane, Daniel Bennison, John Hughes,
James Kerr, Andrew Young, John Nowlan, Thomas Sumpton, John McFarlane,
William Hudson
Examination
Charles James, Bridget Hannigan [also spelt Flannigan], Louisa Denny, Sarah
Waterworth
Factory
Catherine Nore, Mary Maguire, Caroline McKelvey, Mary Connolly, Judith Byrne,
Mary Whittington, Eleanor McBride, Mary Rooney, Mary Crosby, Honorah Fox,
Mary Kelly, Eliza Golding, Hannah McCarthy, Catherine Walsh, Mary Bryan,
Ellen Murphy, Charlotte Naydon, Mary Turner, Mary Ann Savory, Mary
Needham, Catherine Sullivan, Charlotte Gillespie, Catherine Connor
Debtors
Robert Wainwright, Edward Riley, Alexander Thompson, Robert Ryan, E S Hall,
Edward Reilly [also spelt Rielly], Joseph Blackwell, Richard Wilson, G T
Greenshaw, John Smith, William Lundin, James Green, Robert Day, James
Wolfe, John Green, Henry Scallan, Frederick Walsh, Ann Hind, James Jackson,
W G Barker, James Scott, W Ealy Sampson, Henry Scope, Peter Rush, William
Johnson, Michael Murray, George Wilson, Thomas Hinton, William Meeling,
Daniel Reardon, William Foster Browne
Return of H M Hulk “Phoenix” at Sydney from 3rd February to 9 February 1834
inclusive
List of Prisoners Discharged from on Board H M Hulk “Phoenix” from 3rd
February to 9th February 1834
George Crowe/ “Lady Castlereagh”
George Miller/ “Midas”
Samuel McGrath/ “Morley”
Thomas Moore/ “Edward”
John Norton/ “Enchantress”
Edward Excell/ “Hebe”
James Atkinson/ “Guildford”
Richard Coghlan/ “Mangles”
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34/03079
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1834 05 10
34/03079
TO
FROM
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
Nicholson
T C Harington
DATE OF
DOCUMENT
1834 05 10
1834 05 14
“J N”
John Nicholson,
Master Attendant
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1834 05 12
34/03215
1834 05 15
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1834 05 14
34/05360
1834 07 31
Hon CS
Harbour Masters Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson, Harbour
Master
1834 05 18
1834 07 31
John Nicholson
1834 08 12
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1834 08 12
1834 08 18
34/06046
34/06046
1834 08 25
Hon CS
540 – 541
542 – 543
Letter re conveyance of 19 prisoners to Norfolk Island per “Governor Phillip” –
cargo of maize at Moreton Bay – cannot take on prisoners
1834 05 13
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1834 08 25
537 – 538
Note re above
Mentions King George Sound & Melville Island
1834 05 12
34/03149
PAGE
539
Letter requesting permission to purchase a small quantity of gin or brandy duty
free
Hon CS
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Letter re spirits duty free for “Governor Phillip” – query re previous indulgence
1834 05 09
1834 05 12
34/05685
Enclosing letter from Mr C M Lewis Master of H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip”
requesting spirits duty free from Bonded Store
&
Notes in margin
H M Govt Brig “Governor
Phillip”
Charles M Lewis
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
34/03114
34/05360
CONTENTS
Notes re above
Letter re William Booth to Norfolk Island as coxswain – not competent
Recommends John Hurley? from “Governor Phillip” crew – was at Moreton Bay
&
Notes in margin
Enclosing Manifests of cargo on H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip” for Norfolk
Island and Moreton Bay – ready to proceed [Manifests not filmed here]
Note re above
Letter re arrival of hired Brig “Harriett”[also spelt Harriet] from Moreton Bay –
encloses Manifest of cargo, etc.
Manifest of Cargo, etc arrived on hired Brig “Harriett” from Moreton Bay
Passengers: 9 prisoners of the Crown (Expirees)
Letter re H M Col Schooner “Isabella” – repairs completed – ready to receive
cargo
Passages to Norfolk Island required
Margin
Major Delisle & family
DACG Jones
Mr McLeod Superintendent of Agriculture
Mr Ferguson Engineer
Prisoners to be conveyed from the Hulk to Norfolk Island by “Governor Phillip”
Notes re above
“Isabella” to take 40 prisoners to Norfolk Island
Letter re arrival of H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip” from Norfolk Island & Moreton
Bay – encloses Manifests of cargo, passengers etc
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551
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554
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1834 08 25
Notes re above
556
1834 08 25
Manifest of Cargo, Passengers etc arrived on H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip”
from Moreton Bay
Passengers
Mr James Spicer
557
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John Roach
4 soldiers H M 17th Regt, 1 woman & child, 60 male & 2 female prisoners of the
Crown
34/06046
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1834 08 25
34/07732
1834 10 23
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1834 10 22
34/08021
1834 11 04
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1834 11 03
34/08044
1834 11 05
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
34/08671
1834 11 28
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
34/08133
1834 11 10
34/08133
34/06410
1834 09 06
Hon CS
Mr Nicholson,
Master Attendant, H
M Dockyard,
Sydney
Hon CS
1834 11 04
1834 11 04
1834 11 27
Manifest of Cargo, Passengers etc arrived on H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip”
from the Settlement at Norfolk Island
Passengers
George Duff
1 free female, 4 prisoners expirees
Letter re “Governor Phillip” repaired – ready to proceed with stores & provisions
to Moreton Bay & Norfolk Island – suggests prisoners could be taken to Port
Macquarie
&
Notes in margin
Letter re 13 women to Moreton Bay on “Governor Phillip” – 38 prisoners to Port
Macquarie so women cannot be forwarded
Notes re above
Enclosing Manifests of cargo shipped on H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip” for
Moreton Bay & Norfolk Island – ready to proceed [Manifests not filmed here]
&
Notes in margin
Letter re brother of Thomas Dennison seaman who drowned on 22 May from
Brig “Governor Phillip” – proof required to claim effects
Encloses his Affidavit & one from A B Dunlop, 3rd Mate of “Henry Tanner” –
mentions Master of “Prince Regent” & Dennison
&
Notes re above
558
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563
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Edwin Denison
[also spelt Dennison]
County of Cumberland New South Wales: To Wit
Affidavit of Edwin Dennison a seaman on “Prince Regent”& brother of Thomas
Dennison – claims wages & effects
“Sworn before me at Sydney New South Wales this 27 day of November 1834
– William Macpherson JP”
566
A B Dunlop
County of Cumberland New South Wales: To Wit
Affidavit of Andrew Dunlop re Edwin Dennison “Prince Regent”
“Sworn before me at Sydney New South Wales this 27 day of November 1834
- John Nicholson JP”
Letter re clothes etc belonging to John Dennison [also have Thomas Dennison]
seaman lost overboard from Brig “Governor Phillip” – claim received from
brother of Dennison
Wages to Mr Miller, clothes are held
567
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1834 11 08
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1834 11 11
Notes re above [Ref 34/08671]
570
Edwin H Denison
1834 11 08
Letter re death of his brother Thomas Denison [also spelt Dennison] – wishes to
take his effects home to his parents
571 – 572
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1834 09 05
Letter re John Dennison seaman on Govt Brig “Governor Phillip” – drowned –
query re disposal of wages & effects (List enclosed)
&
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1834 10 22
34/06410
34/01414
1834 03 03
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
James Laidley
34/02888
1834 05 01
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
James Laidley
1834 04 29
34/02868
1834 05 01
Hon CS
Master Attendants Office,
Sydney
John Nicholson
1834 05 01
34/02807
1834 04 29
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
James Laidley
34/06111
1834 08 28
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
James Laidley
1834 08 27
34/08452
1834 11 20
Hon CS
Commissariat Office, Sydney
James Laidley
1834 11 19
34/02724
1834 04 24
Hon CS
1834 04 24
34/01868
1834 03 20
Hon CS
Medical Dept, Sydney
J Bowman
Male Orphan School
Richard Sadlier, Master
“R B”
1834 03 21~
1834 03 22
1834 01 17
34/00477
1834 01 20
Hon CS
Police Office, Port Macquarie
Benjamin Sullivan, Resident
Magistrate
1834 09 03~
1834 03 01
1834 05 01
1834 04 26
1834 03 19
Notes re above
574
rd
John Dennison’s Inventory, late of H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip” 3 Sept 1834
Letter re supply of maize meal at Norfolk Island – drought [No 29]
Recommends “Governor Phillip” be despatched from Norfolk Island to Moreton
Bay for a cargo of maize & to return from Norfolk Island to Sydney with prisoners
from Moreton Bay & Norfolk Island
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590 – 591
Letter re tenders for kangaroo skins – advertised in Government Gazette of 18
February – much in need
Encloses Estimate [Estimate not filmed here]
&
Notes in margin
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Letter re arrival of H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip” – landed 29 male & 2 female
prisoners, then to Moreton Bay with 3 runaways [No 34/11]
Margin
James Conway/ “Morley”
Robert Witham/ “Marquis of Huntly”[also spelt Marquis of Huntley]
Thomas Jackson/ “Florentia”
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Notes re above
Letter re “Governor Phillip” from Norfolk Island – to call at Moreton Bay for cargo
of maize for Sydney [No 61]
&
Notes in margin
Mentions “Isabella”
Letter re H M Col Brig “Governor Phillip” ready to receive cargo – D C G wishes
to load her for Moreton Bay & Norfolk Island thence to return to Moreton Bay to
load maize for Sydney
Notes re above
Letter re low state of magazines at Norfolk Island – provisions to be forwarded
immediately [No 60]
Requests the “Governor Phillip” be unloaded & sent to Moreton Bay
Letter re issue of military ration to Assistant Surgeon Cowper as Medical Officer
at Moreton Bay – query re indulgence for Assistant Surgeon Murray who
succeeded Mr Cowper [No 117]
&
Notes in margin [Ref 28/01200, 28/03008]
Letter re payment for provisions provided at Moreton Bay for the “Caroline”
whaler – received from Messrs Hewitt, Gore & Co & paid into the Van Diemen’s
Land Accounts
Notes re above
Letter re Annual Returns – awaiting reports from Moreton Bay
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NOTES
~ Have used this symbol throughout when I have “assumed” details which have not been provided – e.g. “Hon CS” has been omitted on document
See also “Dates”
CS REF NUMBERS
For SORTING purposes, I have entered CS Reference Numbers to five places 00001 - 10000
For FINDING purposes I have inserted 0s in the Contents where CS ref Numbers have been cited
DATES
Format used throughout is YEAR MONTH DAY – one space between
~ Used to indicate dates which are incomplete on document, usually in Notes e g 31 Mar - assumption made as to year
PAGE NUMBERS
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CONTENTS
Reel No. A2.8
New South Wales – Colonial Secretary
Letters Received 1826 – 1934
_______________________________
Letters relating to Moreton Bay and Queensland, 1822 – 1860
From the Originals in the Archives Office of New South Wales
Letters received 1833 and papers filed with them
[continued from Reel A 2.7]
1 - 324
Letters received 1834 and papers filed with them
325 - 594
Letters received 1835 and papers filed with them
594 - 809
Letters received 1836 and papers filed with them
[continued on Reel A 2.9]
810 - 873
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