Citation
The Point Puer Lads – A Reappraisal with the Aid of a Computer, Tasmanian Historical Research Association P & P, June 1986. (60p)
The Point Puer Lads Database, McLachlan & MacFie, (National Parks & Wildlife Service & Mitchell CAE, Bathurst, NSW.) 1985 (90 pp)
“Handbook for the Point Puer database : “The Point Puer lads” / handbook and database compiled and edited by Robin McLachlan ; with an essay on Point Puer by Peter Macfie.
Summary
This set of data was originally in manual form and then assessed with a computer system. The ‘Handbook’ was provided with an Apple II disk copy of a spreadsheet of the data used. Since this format is now outdated, an updated .xlsx spreadsheet of the data has been provided here. Note that codes are available in the handbook and also in the ‘Excerpt’ below.
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Excerpt (codes used in spreadsheet)
12. LIST AGE: This is the age of the boy at the time of the compilation of the respective list. For the 1835 boys, the age at the time of the list is given in the list. For 1841 boys, it has been calculated in the same manner as the BORN and TRIAL AGE data.
13. OFFENCES: This is the number of times the individual was punished for an offence while at Point Puer between date of arrival and date of respective list. The information for this field was obtained from the Conduct Registers. Like many manuscript documents dealing with convicts, the registers are difficult to read and often incomplete. A number of offences has been provided only if the editor was fiarly confident that the original record was reliable and complete. The value ‘999’ indicates that the record of offences is not available or that what is available has been regarded as unreliable.
It is possible some of the 999s could be 0s (no offences) but it is impossible to know for certain. Other sources indicate that there were boys who had unblemished records, but there were far more who had somethign on their record.
Codes used : 999 – not known
14. FREED: This is the year in which the individual received his fredom, either by Pardon or Freedom by Servitude, according to the Conduct Registers. The field does not record the granting of a TIcket-of-Leave or reclassification of the prisoner.
The following codes were used for some records:
97 – Freedom was granted, but subsequently revoked and not re-granted, according to the Conduct Register.
98 – Re-sentenced to life or long term sentence before being granted freedom; not known if ever granted freedom.
99 – Died in Servitude.
999 – Records incomplete or illegible, not known if granted freedom. It seems likely many 999s were granted freedom, but when?
Name Index
ALBISTON, JAMES
ALLEN, WILLIAM
AXTELL, GEORGE
BAILEY, THOMAS
BAILLIE, WILLIAM
BARCLAY, WILLIAM
BARNES, JAMES
BATH, WILLIAM
BELL, THOMAS
BOYES, THOMAS
BRAILSFORD, WILLIAM
BRANAGAN, THOMAS
BRIDGES, WILLIAM
BROWN, JAMES
BROWN, SIMEON
BURNETT, GEORGE
BUTCHER, HENRY
CAMERON, ARCHIBALD
CARLTON, DUNCAN
CHAMBERS, JOHN
CLARKE, JOSIAH
COLEMAN, JOHN
CONWAY, CORNELIUS
CONWAY, PATRICK
COX, JAMES
CROMPTON, ROBERT
CROSS, ELIJAH
CUMMINGS, HENRY
CUMMINS, WILLIAM
CUSHION, SAMUEL
DESMOND, JOHN
DOCHERLY, JAMES
DONALD, EDWARD
DOORE, GEORGE
DUNBAR, EDWARD
DURHAM, ROBERT
EARL, ROBERT
FARRALL, JOHN
FITZGERALD, DANIEL
FITZPATRICK, MATTHEW
FREEMAN, GEORGE
FULTON, JAMES
GATES, ANTHONY
GILL, JOHN
GIVANS, JOHN
GREIGSBY, JAMES
GRIFFITHS, JAMES
HALEY, ROBERT
HALL, CHRISTOPHER
HALLISEY, JOHN
HARGREAVES, JOHN
HARRIS, ROBERT
HAYMAN, JAMES
HEMPSON, JOSEPH
HERRING, CHARLES
HOLLEY, JAMES
HOLMES, CHARLES
HORSFALL, JAMES
HOWARD, GEORGE
HUDSON, JAMES
HUGHES, JOSEPH
HULME, RICHARD
INGRAM, THOMAS
IRELAND, JAMES
JENKINS, WILLIAM
JOHNSON, WILLIAM
JOHNSON, HENRY
KING, JOHN
LANNIGAN, EDWARD
LEES, BENJAMIN
LENG, PETER
LOGAN, BERNARD
MARSHALL, THOMAS
MARTIN, WILLIAM
MECOMBE, WILLIAM
MEDHURST, DAVID
MEIKLE, JOHN
MERCHANT, JOSEPH
MITCHELL, JOHN
MORGAN, WILLIAM
MORRICE, JOHN
NAYLOR, WILLIAM
NEALE, PHILIP
NEWMAN, JAMES
NEWMAN, JOHN
NOBLE, JAMES
O’HARA, DANIEL
OSBORNE, WILLIAM
OWENS, JOHN
PARKER, JAMES
PARKER, THOMAS
PHILIP, BERNARD
POWELL, GEORGE
PRINGLE, MATTHEW
PRITCHARD, THOMAS ﾠ
RANKINE, ARCHIBALD
RUNCIE, JOHN
SAINSBURY, WILLIAM
SAVAGE, CHARLES
SHAW, WILLIAM
SHEEN, JOSEPH ﾠ
SINGLETON, JOHN
SMITH, GEORGE
SMITH, JAMES
SMITH, WILLIAM
SMITH, JAMES
SPARKS, JAMES
STOKES, JOHN
TAYLOR, THOMAS
TOMPKINS, GEORGE
WALKER, THOMAS
WATKINS, GEORGE
WHITE, JAMES
WICKS, GEORGE
WILKINSON, JOHN
WILTSHIRE, Francis
WORDSWORTH, THOMAS ﾠ
YARNAL, WILLIAM
Ship Index
Eden
Egyptian
Elphinstone
Frances Charlotte
Isabella
John2
Layton
Minerva
Moffatt
Pyramus
Royal Sovereign
Runnymede
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