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What are two buildings built by convicts in Western Australia?
Convict Built Colonial Landmarks Fremantle Boys School (now The Film & Television Institute) Kerosene Store (now Kidogo Arthouse) The Commissariat (now The Maritime Museum Shipwreck Galleries) Imperial Convict Establishment (now the old Fremantle Prison.)
Where are the Australian convict sites?
The sites are spread across Australia, from Fremantle in Western Australia to Kingston and Arthur’s Vale on Norfolk Island in the east; and from areas around Sydney in New South Wales in the north, to sites located in Tasmania in the south.
What are the names of the boats in the First Fleet?
The fleet consisted of two Royal Navy escort ships, HMS Sirius and HMS Supply, six convict transports, the Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales and the Scarborough, and three store ships, the Borrowdale, Fishburn and Golden Grove.
Who built the Australian convict site?
The main residence, a two storey brick Old Colonial Georgian building, was constructed by convict labour in 1829-30. This was later partially destroyed by fire and was rebuilt in 1881.
Who built Fremantle?
Fremantle Prison, originally known as the Convict Establishment, was built by convict labour between 1852 and 1859 from limestone quarried on site.
What were some of the convicts names?
List of convicts on the First Fleet
- Alexander.
- Charlotte.
- Friendship.
- Lady Penrhyn.
- Prince of Wales.
- Scarborough.
What was life like for convicts in Sydney’s Brickfield?
Further afield were rudimentary farming plots and gardens, along with sandstone quarries, sawpits and shingle-cutting camps where the convicts worked every day. On the town’s southernmost outskirts was a muddy field where clay was dug for brickmaking. In coming years Sydney’s buildings would owe much to this increasingly productive brickfield.
What do the Australian Convict Sites on the list mean to you?
The Australian Convict Sites now on the list highlight Australia’s convict beginnings and illustrate changing attitudes towards crime, punishment and the treatment of prisoners throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
How were convicts transported around the world?
The transportation of convicts around the world in the late 18th century was part of a common push by European nations to set up colonial outposts and military strongholds in far flung regions. Britain, however, had different plans for its Australian territories.
What problems did the convicts face in the New World?
But the convicts had grown troublesome. Along with the sporadic theft of stores and belongings, and numerous runaways, the newly bonded community of cast-away strangers was rife with drunkenness, dirty deeds and a carefree approach to sexual relations.