Ticket of Leave Passports allowed convicts holding tickets of leave to travel between certain points, visit a certain place or to attend the city markets for a specified period of time.
The indexing of the Ticket of Leave Passports, 1835-69 is now complete thanks to the efforts of State Records' Volunteers!
There are 11,145 entries.
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Record series used to complete the Index
This index was compiled and checked from the following series:
NRS 12204, Principal Superintendent of Convicts, Butts of ticket of leave passports, 1835-69, Reels 966-981
Included in this series is Inspector General of Police, Convict Branch - Butts of ticket of leave passports, 1856-69 (formerly NRS 10987 and now amalgamated with the above series)
The following information is given: ticket of leave passport number, date of ticket of leave passport, name of holder, ship and year of arrival, where and when tried, sentence, ticket of leave number, what the holder is allowed to do, by whom recommended, and date of recommendation.
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