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Convicts & convict administration guide
A unique collection of records, created by both the British Government and the Colonial administration, dating from 1788 to 1842
Convicts: sites of punishment
Convicts: Sites of Punishment explored the convict system and the punishment of Australian convicts at eight significant convict sites around Australia that have been proposed for World Heritage Listing
Families of convicts
Families of convicts sometimes accompanied their convict relations or came out later
Convicts for the colonists
Colourful colonial-era stories from ou properties give us a window into the central role the Hyde Park Barracks played in convicts’ lives
Convicts
'Humanity probably invented exile first and prison later.' Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, famous 20th century convict
Charles Dolphus
Driven by the brutality of convict life and the will for liberty, plenty of convicts tried it, and some succeeded – including one-time Hyde Park Barracks convict Charles Dolphus
The convicts’ colony
Part one starts in 1788 with Sydney established as a British convict colony on the clan lands of the Gadigal people
Learning resources
Explore our range of online resources designed by teachers to support student learning in the classroom or at home
Finding resources about convict history
This session presents some essential resources for researching convict history
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