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Short Guide 12 - Muster and Census Records, 1788-1901
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DateDescription

1800-02

Musters and Lists New South Wales and Norfolk Island, 1800-02 COD 503A&B (multiple copies)

ed. by Carol Baxter. ABGR in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, 1988.

1805-06

Musters of New South Wales and Norfolk Island COD 509A&B (multiple copies)

ed. by Carol J. Baxter. ABGR in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, 1989.

1806

Muster of Female Convicts

Compilation by the ABGR Project based on the Home Office Population Muster, 1806 [HO 10/37] PRO Reel 72

  • Alphabetical by name COD 479 (SRC)
  • Alphabetical by ship COD 480 (SRC)

1811

General Musters of New South Wales, Norfolk Island and Van Dieman's Land COD492A-C (multiple copies)

ed. by Carol J. Baxter. ABGR in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, 1987.

1811

Population Muster COD475 (SRC)

Transcript of the Colonial Muster for Van Diemen's Land Norfolk Island, 1811, [4/1233], Reel 1256. Transcribed and ed. by Neil Chick, University of Tasmania Demography Project, 1984.

1822

General Muster and Land and Stock Muster of New South Wales COD 504A&B (multiple copies)

ed. by Carol J. Baxter. ABGR in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, 1988.

1823-25

General muster list of New South Wales, 1823, 1824, 1825 COD 550 (multiple copies)

ed. by Carol J. Baxter. ABGR in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, 1999.

1828

Census of New South Wales, November 1828 COD 245&246 (multiple copies)

edited by Malcolm R. Sainty and Keith A. Johnson. Library of Australian History, Sydney, 1980.

1837

General Return of convicts in New South Wales, 1837 COD 494-5 (multiple copies)

ed. by N.G. Butlin, C.W. Cromwell, K.L. Suthern. ABGR in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, 1987.

1841

1841 Census COD 107 (SRC)

Index to Port Phillip returns compiled by M. J. Morgan.

1844

Population Muster COD 2 (SRC)

This is a handwritten return of convicts on Norfolk Island, August 1844 (Copy of original in the Archives Office of Tasmania)


Commercial directories such as the Sands' Directory may also provide useful information. Sands' Directory is available is both our reading rooms and in many public libraries. Archives in Brief No. 5 may also provide additional sources for research. See also the Convict Guide under the headings of Musters, Tickets of Leave and Rations for additional records.

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