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Convicts: 18th Feb. 1834 Memorandum from the Principal…
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27-Jun-2012
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Convicts: 18th Feb. 1834 Memorandum from the Principal Superintendent of Convicts Office in Sydney to The Police Magistrate, Campbell Town, noting that the mentioned Convicts are to be disposed of as follows - Mary Connelly - Three months in George Town Factory; John Newland - Bridgewater Chain Gang twelve months, and then to be returned to his Master; Thomas Gossling - Having been dismissed a Constable, to be worked in Epping Forest road party; & Elizabeth McPherson - one month solitary confinement on bread & water re the F.H.of Conviction, and to be unassignable for six months. Nb: Females made up approximately 10% of the population of transported convicts, so a document in which 2 of the 4 mentioned are women, is quite unusual. Despite the belief that convict women during the transportation period were all prostitutes, no women were actually transported for that offence. The majority of women sent to Australia were convicted for what would now be considered minor offences (such as petty theft), and most did not receive sentences of more than the seven year mimimum.
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents