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About New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869
A ticket of leave allowed a convict to work for his own benefit and to acquire property on the conditions that he resided within a prescribed area, attended a muster every few months and attended church weekly. The tickets had to be renewed annually and permitted the convicts to marry or bring their families over from England or wherever they lived. They weren’t allowed to carry firearms or board a ship, but once the convict observed these conditions for half their prison sentence the restrictions were removed. Although the convicts still couldn’t leave the colony until the full sentence had been served.
This is a collection of registers of the tickets, as well as the butts of the tickets, from New South Wales, Australia that covers 1810-1869. The ticket of leave contains:
- Number of ticket
- Name
- Ship and year of arrival
- When and where convicted
- Sentence
- Native place
- Calling
- Year of birth
- Height
- Complexion
- Hair
- Eyes
- Date of ticket
- District
- General remarks
