Thomas Fox's Travel Pass to Yass, 1841

A Travel Pass Issued to Thomas Fox in March 1841: Fox had arrived in New South Wales in September 1839, one of 240 convicts transported on the 'Parkfield'; he had received a sentence of 7 years at the Kent Assizes. This travel pass, issued to Fox at Blackheath, permitted him to travel; 'out of irons' to Yass to obtain his ticket of leave. Fox, 24 at the time of his conviction, could read and write; Protestant, single, native of Norwich, a shoemaker, convicted for stealing a shawl at Kent Assizes 11 Mar 1839; he had previous convictions of 7 years and 2 months.