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The name of the convict.
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Browse the digitised volume here. (the volume close volume Definition In PROV’s system, any book of any size, including very large books (e.g. rate books and court registers), hard-cover books, soft-cover books (e.g. exercise books) and loose-leaf folders (e.g. lever-arch, ring and spring binders) are referred to as a volume. has not yet been indexed.)
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The volume in this series contains a number of lists relating to the management of convicts in the Port Phillip District (from 1851 Victoria). Convicts came to Victoria as assigned servants with private persons and as workers on government projects.
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Arranged in alphabetical sections, the first list in the volume is of Assigned servants (Melbourne, Counties of Bourke and Western Port) for which the dates are unclear. Details given are the name of the assigned servant, the ship (upon which the convict had been transported to Tasmania or to New South Wales), the year, the sentence and the authority, the name of the assignee (the employer) and how the convict was employed and punishment awarded by this Bench (presumably the Melbourne Bench of Magistrates). Space was allowed for an indication of the date upon which the convict obtained a Ticket-of-Leave, a Conditional or Absolute Pardon and a Certificate of Freedom.