New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849

Musters were conducted periodically as a means for keeping track of and enumerating convicts in the colony. The first muster was held in 1795. General musters usually included both convicts and ex-convicts and were generally conducted under the order of the Lieutenant Governor and an officer of the Commissary. This database contains the following muster lists and convict registers: 1806 General Muster for New South Wales; 1811 General Muster for New South Wales; 1822 General Muster for New South Wales; 1823-1825 General Muster for New South Wales; 1837 General Muster for New South Wales; 1811 Muster or Convict Lists for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land); 1808-1849 Muster or Convict Lists for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land); 1817-1821 Muster or Convict Lists for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land); 1823 Muster or Convict Lists for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land); 1825 Muster or Convict Lists for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land); 1830 Muster or Convict Lists for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land); 1832 Muster or Convict Lists for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land); 1833 Muster or Convict Lists for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land); 1835 Muster or Convict Lists for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land); 1841 Muster or Convict Lists for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land); 1846 Register of Convicts for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land); and, 1849 Register of Convicts for Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land).