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Does anyone know anything about excavation of old penal colonies and prisons in Australia? I know some work has been done, such as the discovery of Ned Kelly's grave last month and that paper that looked at the button economy in the prisons. Cheers.
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The only work I can think of is the excavation of Sydneys first lock up (dont know of a link though). There is also the Brisbane Lang Park Stadium excavations (University of Queensland Archaeological Services Unit). This was the excavation of close to 400 burials in what was the first burial grounds associated with the beginnings of free settlement(roughly 1841-1878? I also undertook artefact analysis on the old Gaol site of St. Helena Island (off Brisbane). I am not sure if there has been any excavation work though. I think a general google search on the capital cities (as these are the original main settlements), also check out Port Arthur in Tasmania. Hope that helps.
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I have in the past corrosponded with Greg Jackman at Port Arthur regarding common areas of interest (mainly 18th and 19th century burials). Their website is available at:
http://www.portarthur.org.au
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Eleanor Casella at Manchester did a lot of work on the Port Arthur stuff.
This is her web page.. The Port Arthur conservation plan
is here.
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Issue number 19 (2001) of the journal Australasian Historical Archaeology is devoted to the archaeology of confinement, which is essentially the archaeology of convict Australia. It has a number of interesting papers in it.
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The New South Wales Government department for corrective services also has a web site with background historical information.
