Convict Department - Salt Water River gang, ca. 1866-1867

B 4

fonds

1866 - 1867

441691

Microfilm : CY 4776, frames 39-106 (B 4)

1 volume - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)

The first probation station for convicts at the colonial penal establishment at Port Arthur, Tasmania was built at Saltwater River in 1841.

1 Jan. 1866 - Mar. 1867; Each page of this volume is headed with the name of a convict and the ship he arrived on, with entries for each week within each month that document employment, class, amount of work performed, conduct, industry, signature of officer in charge, and earnings letter. At the front of the volume is a memorandum giving instructions for the officer and constable in charge of the gangs to observe aspects of men's behaviour that are listed.

Embossed on spine, "Convicts / Salt Water / River Gang / 1866-7"
The pages in this volume are ruled into columns and rows of a table.
Volume was bound in July 1933.
David Scott Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on plate on front endpaper.

Handwritten on a paper tag or plate at the front of volume, "12 / Salt Water River / [st?] / July 1. 186[?] / Finished / March"