Series:
Absolute Pardons
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
11 Aug 1842
End Date:
08 Jul 1867
Excludes Dates:
01 Jan 1843 - 07 Jul 1867
Creating Agency:
| Convict Department (TA60) | 01 Jan 1818 | 31 Dec 1877 |
How to Use:
Digital images of CON61 are available to view online. Copies may be made for private research/study but any other use requires permission from Libraries Tasmania. Examples of some of the items in this series are also available on microfilm Z1424.
Pardons such as these can also be found in other repositories. For example, Peter Wild's pardon per 'Dromedary' (Item 18/16 Wilfrid Russell GRIMWADE 1975.0089 University of Melbourne Archives)
Series notes:
Examples of 'unconditional' or 'free' pardons for Tasmanian convicts. The pardons were absolute remissions with no conditions imposed.
Pardons from different administration periods are in slightly different formats. Some include descriptions of the convict, while others also include details of the original sentence. While useful to show how the administration processed pardons, these documents include no additional information to that in a convict's conduct record.
The certificates in this series are likely to have been given to the convict as evidence of their release. A number is given to each pardon with this number recorded in the convict's conduct record. This would allow cross checking regarding the authenticity of the pardon.
These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
A single number has been imposed. No original order.
Items: