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Certificates of Freedom 1823-69

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Following transportation to Australia, convicts (mainly British and Irish) could apply for a Certificate of Freedom at the end of their sentence, as proof he or she was now a free person. They were free to travel anywhere, and could return to their homeland. This dataset gives details about their conviction, their sentence and the date the certificate was granted. It encompasses the period 1823-1869.

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 Last name  First name  Date of issue
WRIGHT George 25 May 1842

WRIGHT John 15 Feb 1836

WRIGHT John 13 Apr 1840

WRIGHT Thomas 25 Sep 1834

WRIGHT Thomas 11 Feb 1839

WRIGHT William 23 Sep 1834

WRIGHT William 22 Oct 1842

WRIGHT Ann 10 May 1831

WRIGHT Timothy 19 Oct 1838

WRIGHT Edmund 15 Aug 1842

WRIGHT Hannah 13 Jan 1834

WRIGHT Hannah 13 Sep 1834

WRIGHT Matthew 9 Nov 1833

WRIGHT Anne 21 Dec 1832

WRIGHT Thomas 7 Aug 1837

WRIGHT Anne 3 Oct 1834

WRIGHT Benjamin 28 Sep 1843

WRIGHT Francis 28 Sep 1843

WRIGHT George 14 Oct 1843

WRIGHT William 19 Oct 1835

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