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| Courtesy of Sydney Living Museums |
TROVE is a great resource for not only newspapers and images, but also for Government Gazettes, which can prove to be invaluable for researchers.
The following lists male prisoners assigned from
12th Oct -9th Nov 1836.
It includes the place and occupation, also person or organisation assigned to. Farmers, merchants, or anyone needing labour, could apply via magistrates or government officials, to have convicts assigned to them. If they were still serving their sentence, then they would not be paid, but would be provided food and board. Hard and honest work could see them granted a ticket of leave, or a certificate of freedom, which I have written about previously.
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 30 November 1836
National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230673625
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As well as TROVE, another good source of information re convicts is HYDE PARK BARRACKS MUSEUM
You can read about the daily routine, their food, their clothing, their day to day activity.. and so much more.
Click on the names below to read more..
Please click to enlarge...
As well as TROVE, another good source of information re convicts is HYDE PARK BARRACKS MUSEUM
Prisoners' Barracks, Hyde Park, Robert Russell, 1836 Rex Nan Kivell Collection, NLA, PIC U384 NK707/15 LOC2346
You can read about the daily routine, their food, their clothing, their day to day activity.. and so much more.
Click on the names below to read more..
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| convict shirt scraps |
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| convict-leather-belt |
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| Object: Leg irons, bar linkEarly to mid nineteenth century |
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