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Short Guide 12 - Muster and Census Records, 1788-1901
Top of Short Guide 12 - Muster and Census Records, 1788-1901 Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)

DateDescriptionSeries

1811

Population muster [4/1233] Reel 1256

NRS 1261

Hobart Town, Port Dalymple and Norfolk Island.

Arrangement is alphabetical and then sub-divided by location:

  • Hobart Town: male and female convicts
  • Port Dalrymple: male and female convicts
  • Norfolk Island: male and female convicts

1818

Population muster [4/1235.2] Reel 1254

NRS 1261

Muster - Hobart Town - Free persons Arrangement: men, women and children. Taken between 7 September and 2 October 1818.

1819

Population muster [4/1235.4] Reel 1254

NRS 1261

Arrangement: men and women; however, there is no discernible order within these groups. Taken between 11 Oct and 16 Nov 1819.

1819

Population muster [4/1235.6] Reel 1254

NRS 1261

Port Dalrymple - Civil officers, their wives and free persons. Arrangement: men, wives of civil officers; settlers and free people; children or free people. Taken between 11 and 15 October 1819.

1819-22

Land and stock musters

NRS 1261

These returns are for Hobart and Port Dalrymple, and they give more information than the mainland returns. In all cases they give the following information: name; grant or lease; by whom granted, leased or located; number of acres of - wheat, barley, peas and beans, potatoes; total number of acres held; number of horses (male, female); horned cattle (male, female); sheep (male, female); grain on hand in bushels - wheat, barley; whether the following were victualled from the stores or not - proprietor, wife, children, government servants; number of free men employed; total number in family; remarks.

  • Hobart Town, 1819 [4/1235.3] Reel 1255

Arrangement: by district with no discernable order Districts: Hobart Town, Coal River, Clarence Plains, Pitt Water, Elizabeth Town, New Norfolk, Herdsmen's Cove. Taken between 11 October and 16 November 1819.

Index at 4/1235A.

  • Port Dalrymple, 1819 [X740] Reel 1255

Taken between 11 and 15 October 1819.

  • Port Dalrymple, 1820 [4/1235.9] Reel 1255

Taken between 6 and 15 November 1820.

  • Port Dalrymple, 1822 [4/1235.12] Reel 1255

Arrangement: No discernable order. Taken between 31 October and 11 November 1822.

1820

Population muster [4/1235.7] Reel 1254

NRS 1261

Hobart Town. Convicts

Arrangement: men and women; however there is no discernable order within these groups. Taken between 9 and 20 October 1820. Index available at State Records.

1820

Population muster [4/1235.8] Reel 1255

NRS 1261

Port Dalrymple. Free People and convicts

Arrangement: free men, free women, free children, convict men, convict women, children of convicts (excludes military personnel). Taken between 6 and 15 November 1820.

1820+

Land holdings in Van Diemen's Land (after 1820) [4/1236.1] Reel 1255

NRS 1271

Arranged by district. The districts are: Buckinghamshire - Kingboro, Queenboro, York, Clarence Plains, Gloucester, Sussex, Cambridge, Harrington, Argyle, Glenarchy, New Norfolk, Macquarie, Melville, Shangford, Jarvis, Drummond, Forbes, Ulva, Ormaig, Staffa, Caledon, Pitt, Green Ponds, Sorell, Murray, Amherst, Bath, Methven, Lennox; Cornwall - Richmond, Lake River, Bathurst, Norfolk Plains, Morven, Breadalbane, Launceston, Western River, George Town.

1821

Population muster [4/1235.10] Reel 1255

NRS 1261

Hobart Town. Convicts.

Arrangement: by male and female, and then by district. The districts are: Hobart Town, Clarence Plains, Pitt Water, Coal River, Bagdad, Jericho, New Norfolk, Macquarie District. Taken between 8 October and 1 November 1821.

1821

Population muster [4/1235.11] Reel 1255; COD 493 (SRC)

NRS 1261

Port Dalrymple. Free People and convicts.

Arrangement: free men, free women, children of free people, male convicts, female convicts, children of convicts. Taken between 8 and 17 October 1821.


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