Catalogue description Colonial Office and Predecessors: New South Wales Entry Books Relating to Convicts

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Reference: CO 207
Title: Colonial Office and Predecessors: New South Wales Entry Books Relating to Convicts
Description:

This series contains microfilm of records of the Principal Superintendent of Convicts in New South Wales.

Full details of the return of these colonial convict records to New South Wales were made available from The National Archives wiki ('Your Archives') which existed at the time. Snapshots of 'Your Archives' (series RW 13) are now available online.

Date: 1788-1868
Related material:

For further records relating to convicts in New South Wales see:

HO 10

HO 11

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Originals held at:

State Records Authority of New South Wales, Australia

Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 3 microform
Access conditions: Available in microform only unless otherwise stated
Custodial history: This series formerly consisted of eight volumes of entry books [CO 207/1-8]. The volumes were transferred to the Archives Authority of New South Wales in 1974 where they were microfilmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). Copies of the microfilm were presented to the Public Record Office and now form CO 207/9-11.

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