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Old Convict Days in Australia
AV CHARLES WHITE, author of Australian Bushrage Igy and The Story of the Blade, presents a fragmented account of convict life in early New South Wales. The excerpt describes punishment, prison labor schedules, oversight by magistrates, and the evolving treatment of female convicts, including shifts from shipboard to private service and social implications for families and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles White
Elesef
Guna
Twa
Donich
Pam
Bydooy
Wyatem
Clouuuil
Puzali Bea
Pullew
Paripatetic Seminary
Isond- Mill
Saarov
Sidney