Hi Rob Try putting in Wollombi Bridge party in the oldnewspapers search, click below. You should get nine hits. Also try Alleyn River and you get more. Maybe you have already tried this. cheers Grahame http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/search?adv=y On 19/06/2011, at 2:49 PM, Rob Coughlan wrote: > How could I locate the on board muster for the Florentia (1) 1828 for a > convict Michael Coughlan. Also Iindent states assigned to William Bucknell > on the Alleyn River. I have details of this property and no record of > Michael being there so I am assuming he arrived. Next mention of him is a > court case in Sydney 1835 where it mentions him as an absconder from > Wollombi Bridge Party. Found not guilty in the court case but held in > custody as an absconder. Sent to Newcastle Gaol then Maitland Gaol for > disposal. As I live in WA it is a lttle difficult to get to NSW State > Archives to view and copy these documents. No further mention of him until > his ticket of leave in 1837. Is it possible to find out details of the > period he was with Bucknell or are those records lost. Great northern Road > Project can not help me with Wollombi Bridge Party and I am having trouble > finding anything out about it. Can anybody assist with suggestions to chase > up these leads? Rob Coughlan