Hi,

Just looking at the handwritten listing of all the convicts on the Minsterel 2, which arrived in NSW on 22 Aug 1825, from Portsmouth, available here on Ancestry. Master, Charles Arcoll and Surgeon, Hugh Walker.

Three convicts were onboard that ship under the surname "N".
107 Nairne Robt, 111 Nameroo Robt, 50 Napper Jefferson ? hard to read).

Deatails for Robert NAIRNE:
107 NAIRNE Robt
Tried Where When: Edinbou 6 Decr 1824
Sentence: 14 Yrs
Native Place: Edinbou
Trade or Calling: Painter & Glazier
Age: 17
Height: 5 3 3/4
Complexion: Brown Freckled
Colour of Hair: Dark Brown
Colour of Eyes: Chestnut
Remarks: Do Do
How Disposed of: Messrs Berry

C 39/168
35/659


From NSW State Records, it list Robert NAIRN's Ticket of Leave and Certificate of Freedom:

Surname Firstname Alias Vessel Year No Date RecordType Citation Remarks
NAIRN Robert Ministrel 1825 39/0168 5 Feb 1839 Certificate of Freedom [4/4346; Reel 1002] TL 35/659
NAIRN Robert Minstral 1825 35/659 Ticket of Leave [4/4099; Reel 923] District: Field of Mars; Tried: Edinburgh CJ

From Trove:

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday 28 June 1832

Return of all convicts assigned between 1st day of January, and the 31st day of March, 1832.
859. Nairne Robert, Minstrel, painter and glazier, to Major Lockyer, Parramatta

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Tuesday 23 April 1839. His certificate of Freedom published.

Mary