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*As a penal colony, Brisbane did not permit the erection of private settlements nearby for many years. As the inflow of new convicts steadily declined, the population dropped. From the early 1830s the British government questioned the suitability of Brisbane as a penal colony.<ref>"History of Brisbane", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Brisbane#1824_colony, accessed 28 March 2022.</ref> | *As a penal colony, Brisbane did not permit the erection of private settlements nearby for many years. As the inflow of new convicts steadily declined, the population dropped. From the early 1830s the British government questioned the suitability of Brisbane as a penal colony.<ref>"History of Brisbane", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Brisbane#1824_colony, accessed 28 March 2022.</ref> | ||
== Types of Convict Records == | |||
=== Tickets of Leave Butts === | |||
*'''Tickets of leave''' were issued to convicts having served about half of their sentences with good behavior. | |||
*These tickets '''allowed convicts to seek employment''' as they wished but '''limited their movement to a certain district''' for the remainder of their sentences. | |||
*Prior to 1828, bench magistrates granted tickets of leave and approved applications for convicts to marry. | |||
*The actual ticket of leave was issued to the convict; '''the government retained the ticket of leave butts'''. | |||
*'''Ticket of leave butts listed the convict’s name, ship, and date of arrival, native place, trade or calling, date and place of trial and sentence, a physical description, and the district to which he or she was confined.''' | |||
=== Certificates of Freedom === | |||
*A '''certificate of freedom''' was a document stating that a '''convict's sentence had been served''' and was usually given to convicts with a 7, 10 or 14 year sentence or when they received a pardon. | |||
*Convicts with a '''life sentence''' could receive a Pardon, but not a Certificate of Freedom. | |||
*The Certificate of Freedom number was sometimes '''annotated on the indent or noted on a Ticket of Leave Butt.''' | |||
*The government retained certificates of freedom butts, which were similar to ticket of leave butts. | |||
=== Pardons === | |||
*Both '''conditional and absolute pardons''' were generally '''granted to convicts with life sentences'''. | |||
*'''Conditional pardons''' required that the ex-convict '''never return to the British Isles''' or his or her pardon would be void. | |||
*'''Absolute pardons''' allowed an ex-convict to return to the British Isles if he or she wished. | |||
*'''Pardon records''' contain information similar to tickets of leave: the convict’s name, ship, and date of arrival, native place, trade or calling, date and place of trial and sentence, a physical description, and the district to which he or she was confined.''' | |||
=== Convict indents === | |||
*Convict indents were lists that were made when convicts arrived on transport ships. | |||
*Information given in indents is similar to that in tickets of leave but also includes a convict’s marital status and number of children and whether the convict was literate. | |||
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