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Port Fairy & Portland
Convicts

TICKET OF LEAVE HOLDERS
1840-1845

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The following is an index to convicts Ticket of Leave Holders in the Portland - Port Fairy district c1845.

The original source VPRS 108/P0 Register, Police Magistrate, Portland, 1840-1853 is held at the Public Records Office in Melbourne but can be viewed @ Online @http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/access/online.htm#ro

VPRS 108 PO (or UO) is also known as the Portland Magistrates Book.Some of the major contents include: Salaries of Police at Portland (images 1-15); Unfixed contingent accounts (images 16-33); Return of arms, ammunition and accoutrements for the service of the constabulary (images 34-45); Register of licenses to slaughter cattle (images 46-47); Issue of various licenses and certificates in the Portland district (images 48-86); Quarterly returns of leg irons, handcuffs and marching chains at the Portland police station (images 87-93); Particulars of Ticket of Leave holders (images 94-96); List of convicts who had obtained their freedom (images 98-99).

If viewing the originals online, remember that the page number in the book is not the same as the (online)Image Number on the website.

Image Numbers 99 - 102 (original page numbers 94- 96) are entitled:
RETURNS TO BE MADE TO THE PRINCIPAL SUPERINTENDENT OF CONVICTS. 1st of MARCH TO 1st OF SEPTEMBER (?1845*)

PARTICULARS OF CONVICTS HOLDING TICKETS OF LEAVE FOR THE DISTRICT OF PORTLAND.
The usual information recorded is:

	Number of Ticket
	Name
	Ship			(includes year of arrival and length of sentence)
	Trade of calling
	Date of Ticket
	In Whose Employment 	(includes notes )
Though these men were assigned to this district, it is noted that some of them had not called to pick up their Tickets of Leave by the date of this return. The men may have been up-country, have died, absconded, or moved on not realising that it was essential that obtain their Ticket of Leave. Some are noted as being at Belfast(Port Fairy) or the Grampians.

(*Year of this Return not stated but previous pages dated 1845. The Tickets of Leave were previously issued between 1840-1845)



Page 99. (Image page 94.)
William 	Balford			James Patterson (2)	
						
William 	Marsh			Neva. 1833		
John 		Guid? Gill?		Charles Kerr 1837	
Charles ? 	(struck through)	 Prince George 1837	
Thomas 		Lahey			Moffatt 1		
Edward 		Walsh			Westmoreland 1838	
James 		Bond			Bengal Merchant 1838	
Stephen 	Jones			Bengal Merchant 1836	
Wm 		Farley?Fanby		Burrell  1830		
Thomas 		Kent			Asia			
Cricknell 	x
Tardy? 		Walsh			Clyde.1838.7 years.	
George 		Farr/Fair		Mangles 1837.7 years.	
Richard 	Fulham.			Lord Lyndoch 3.1838.	
John 		Cotton			Barossa? 1839.7 years.	
James 		Ewings.			Middlesex 1839.7 year.	
John 		Keegan			William Jardine 1838.	
Henry 		Smith			Theresa. 1838. 7 years
Robert 		Burrowes.		Theresa. 1838. 7 years.	
Edward 		Prentice.		Lord Lyndoch 1838.14y
James 		Ross			Norfolk 1837,Life.	
James		 Snell			Maitland. 1840.	10y.	
John 		Breman.			Larkins 1829.life.			
James		 King.			Norfolk 1837.14y.			
Francis 	Moreton			Hercules 1832.14y			
Edm or Edw 	Hyde			Woodridge.1840, life.			
William 	Poynton			Woodridge, 1840, life			
Partrick 	Carty			Woodridge, 1840,life			
Kermtall? 	Hausman?		Pekoe,1840, 14 years.			
George 		Collen?Pollen?		Maitland, 1840,10 years.		
John 		Davis			Hive,1834, 14 years.	
								

Page 101. Image page 96.
William 	Jones			Eden,1840, 10 years.
Timothy 	O'Keefe			Woodbridge,1840. Life
Patrick 	Bird			Woodbridge, 1840, Life		
James 		Watson			Fairlie,1834,14years.		
George 		Arthur			York,1831, Life			
John 		Edwards			Henry Porcher,1835, Life.	

Daniel 		Sone? Lane.Lowe?* 	Not Received			
Thomas 		Delaney*		Not Received			

John 		Ashton?/Astler		Maitland, 1840,14 years.	
James 		Burn			Theresa, 1839.15 years.		
Henry 		Cummins*		Lord or Lady ?1835. Life.
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