Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "convicts"
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1.6KAnecdotesRe-Opening of the Cascades Female Factory
The Cascades Female Factory was re-opened today (Friday, 25 March 2022).
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Darkest Mystery – William Serjeantson and Henry Hunt
On Monday 30 November 1835, a murder occurred near Campbell Town, but it took several months, some corrupt falsehoods, and a good...
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How ‘Lady Swindler’ Alexandrina Askew Triumphed over the Convict Stain
John Skinner Prout’s 1849 painting of the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart, Van Dieman’s Land, where Alexandrina bore an illegitimate child. Wikimedia...
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Book Review – ‘1788: The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet’ (2008)
Callum J. Jones reviews David Hill’s 2008 book, “1788”.
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Convict Absconders
Tasmania’s colonial history is littered with stories of convicts escaping from work gangs, prison buildings, and penal settlements. Called ‘absconders’, they would...
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‘Transportation to Trade – Woolmers Convicts at Work’
The Woolmers Estate collections team have recently finished putting together a new exhibition of never before seen objects from the ‘Woolmers Collection’....
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New Underworld Exhibition at the Port Arthur Historic Site
The Port Arthur Historic Site is opening a new exhibition called UNDERWORLD.
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Tas That Was – Richmond Gaol
Richmond Gaol is the oldest gaol in Australia that is still intact.
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Convict Uniforms
In the nineteenth century, male convicts were issued with ‘slops’: ready-made prison clothes that were coarse and loose-fitting. In 1814, Governor Lachlan...
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Prison & Power: Coercion and Corruption in the Convict Settlement
Media release – Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority, 28 December 2020 New exclusive performance in the Separate Prison at Port Arthur...
