G'day, I have a recollection many years ago reading that the last transported convict was not released until 1912. As I recall, he was a Tasmanian, who kept misbehaving, and was not released until a great age. The author of the text found it surprizing that this gent, and any others like him, had not been given a remission or pardon at Federation, by way of closing the door on the convict era. In recent times, I have trawled through every book which might touch on this subject, looking for confirmation or clarification of the above, without success. So, I'm wondering if Listers might care to nominate who was the last transported convict to receive his or her freedom; or to die in custody. And to give everyone a fair go, I think we ought to recognize that NSW, VDL, & WA, are separate categories. By way of illustration: William COMSTIVE, b.1792; arr VDL 1821 (Life); further transported to Norfolk Island 1834 (2nd Life); further transported to NSW 1842 (pardonned on his 2nd Life sentence, but still serving his first Life); only had a Ticket of Leave when he died in 1858. There will be others later than this, even in NSW. Peter THOMAS Darwin, AUSTRALIA <pmthomas@bigpond.com>

Hello Peter A good question, but what exactly do you mean by 'released from transportation'? Lifers never were, unless they received a Free Pardon, though a Conditional Pardon goes close. Or do you mean received a Ticket-of-Leave? Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Peter Thomas [mailto:pmthomas@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, 4 March 2006 2:12 PM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAS-CON] Last convict released from Transportation ? G'day, I have a recollection many years ago reading that the last transported convict was not released until 1912. As I recall, he was a Tasmanian, who kept misbehaving, and was not released until a great age. The author of the text found it surprizing that this gent, and any others like him, had not been given a remission or pardon at Federation, by way of closing the door on the convict era. In recent times, I have trawled through every book which might touch on this subject, looking for confirmation or clarification of the above, without success. So, I'm wondering if Listers might care to nominate who was the last transported convict to receive his or her freedom; or to die in custody. And to give everyone a fair go, I think we ought to recognize that NSW, VDL, & WA, are separate categories. By way of illustration: William COMSTIVE, b.1792; arr VDL 1821 (Life); further transported to Norfolk Island 1834 (2nd Life); further transported to NSW 1842 (pardonned on his 2nd Life sentence, but still serving his first Life); only had a Ticket of Leave when he died in 1858. There will be others later than this, even in NSW. Peter THOMAS Darwin, AUSTRALIA <pmthomas@bigpond.com> ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== If you require assistance using this list, try the www.rootsweb.com 'HELP' page. It may have the answer to your question. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

I would be interested to hear who were the last convicts pardoned; time-expired; or granted ToL. The more the merrier. We know when the last convict-ships arrived, but for how long after that was the human element present ? Peter THOMAS Darwin, AUSTRALIA <pmthomas@bigpond.com> -----Original Message----- From: Trudy Cowley [mailto:tcowley@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Saturday, 4 March 2006 1:37 PM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TAS-CON] Last convict released from Transportation ? Hello Peter A good question, but what exactly do you mean by 'released from transportation'? Lifers never were, unless they received a Free Pardon, though a Conditional Pardon goes close. Or do you mean received a Ticket-of-Leave? Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Peter Thomas [mailto:pmthomas@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, 4 March 2006 2:12 PM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAS-CON] Last convict released from Transportation ? G'day, I have a recollection many years ago reading that the last transported convict was not released until 1912. As I recall, he was a Tasmanian, who kept misbehaving, and was not released until a great age. The author of the text found it surprizing that this gent, and any others like him, had not been given a remission or pardon at Federation, by way of closing the door on the convict era. In recent times, I have trawled through every book which might touch on this subject, looking for confirmation or clarification of the above, without success. So, I'm wondering if Listers might care to nominate who was the last transported convict to receive his or her freedom; or to die in custody. And to give everyone a fair go, I think we ought to recognize that NSW, VDL, & WA, are separate categories. By way of illustration: William COMSTIVE, b.1792; arr VDL 1821 (Life); further transported to Norfolk Island 1834 (2nd Life); further transported to NSW 1842 (pardonned on his 2nd Life sentence, but still serving his first Life); only had a Ticket of Leave when he died in 1858. There will be others later than this, even in NSW. Peter THOMAS Darwin, AUSTRALIA <pmthomas@bigpond.com> ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== If you require assistance using this list, try the www.rootsweb.com 'HELP' page. It may have the answer to your question. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx