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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
25-May-2024
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Description:
An Extraordinary ledger book recording the convicts Employed in a 'Wood Gang' between April 1866 and July 1868: the front cover further titled 'No.27', the ledger of 184 pages, is a page-by-page record of the work performed by long-term convicts, mainly 'Cutting firewood', 'Running waggons', 'Cook', 'Processing wood', etc. Each page provides details of the convict, his number, where he has been transferred from, the ship on which he was transported, his 'Employment' on a week-by-week basis...
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Category:
Unclassified