What else is there?

These are some commonly useful records. The Guide to the Convict Department is more comprehensive.

• Other records of the Convict Department
• Copies of Tasmanian Convict Department records held by the NSW Mitchell Library
• Copies of correspondence of the Comptroller-General of Convicts (MM62) (Records held by the Mitchell Library) Indexed online
• For records relating to pardons, search the archives – put “free pardon” in the search box

Library resources

• About Tasmanian convicts
• On convicts in general
• Notorious strumpets and dangerous girls: Convict women in Van Diemen’s Land 1803-1829 by Phillip Tardif
• The Convict Ships 1787-1868 by Charles Bateson
• Convict applications to bring out families to Van Diemen’s Land Index 1827-1873 by the Tasmanian Family History Society