Australian Convicts
Tasmanian convicts sentenced to hard labour are made to carry a hundredweight of shingles - 50 kilos - for up to 50 kilometres, but this will be abolished by the 1850s
Picture No
10055544
Media ID
47226430
Size
3937px x 3409px
(1.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
lithograph by unnamed artist in Sketches of Australian Life & Scenery
Date
circa 1820s
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Abolished Convicts Hundredweight Kilometres Kilos Sentenced Shingles Tasmanian
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