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Contracts, Provisions, Stores &c.,
required for the Irish Convict Service

Public Notice: Call for tenders to supply Government Prisons with Food, Materials, Yarns, Shirting, Oil Lamps, Leather etc.

Tags: 1851, 1852, Convict, Fort Camden, Fort Carlisle, government, Grangegorman, Irish, Irish Convict Service, Mountjoy, Newgate, prisons, Service, Smithfield, spike island, Tenders

1860 Roman Catholic Chaplin's Report

John J. Crowe writes a report of the prisoners in Fort Camden for the attention of the Directors of Convict Prisons, Dublin Castle.

Tags: #ShareAStory, 1859, 1860, Assistant, Chaplin, Convict, Director, Fort Camden, Fort Carlisle, Governor, Intermediate Prison, lessons, prison, Report, Roman Catholic, Sentence, Sixth Annual Report of the Directors of Convict Prisons, spike island, teaching

1860 Protestant Chaplin's Report

John Weately writes a report of the prisoners in Fort Camden for the attention of the Directors of Convict Prisons, Dublin Castle.

1860 Spike Island and Forts Camden and Carlisle Prisons
Director's Report

Spike Island and Forts Camden and Carlisle Prisons.pdf

Extracts:
An overview of this enlightening and valuable set of documents as told by the Directors, Governors Medical Doctors, Chaplins, Schoolmasters & Assistants at the above Convict Prisons.

Tags: #ShareAStory, 1859, 1860, Assistant, Convict, Director, Fort Camden, Fort Carlisle, Governor, Intermediate Prison, prison, Report, schoolmaster, Sentence Sixth Annual Report of the Directors of Convict Prisons, spike island

1860 Fort Camden Intermediate Prison
Governor's Report

Extract from:
1860 Sixth Annual Report of the Directors of Convict Prisons detailing the number of convicts in custody at Fort's Camden and Carlisle inclusive. Interesting statistical analysis, showing Movement of convicts within the system,…

Tags: #ShareAStory, 1859, 1860, Age, Convict, Fort Camden, Fort Carlisle, Governor, Intermediate Prison, prison, Report, Sentence, Sixth Annual Report of the Directors of Convict Prisons

First Fleet - Behind the News

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This video details: "Stories of the First Fleet Convicts, including reasons for the journey, who travelled to Australia, and their experiences following arrival."

A number of useful links are recorded for further research.

On the 26th of…

Tags: 1788, Australia Day (Holiday), Behind The News (TV Program), Britain, Convict, First Flee, history, penal colony

Convict Music and Dance

The Convicts brought their music and dance with them. Living in the Dance was a way of escape from their current situation and something that connected them with home and a sense of belonging.

ABC Western Queensland Radio Broadcast: Katherine…

Convict Ancestory

One in four people in Australia have a convict in their family tree. Radio Broadcast highlighting more effective ways to research and gain further insight.

ABC Western Queensland 's Danny Kennedy talking to Brad Argent about researching…

Tags: 1848, 1861, 2009, ABC Western Queensland, ancestor, Ancestry, audio, Australian Heroes and Adventurers, book, Brad Argent, broadcast, Convict, Danny Kennedy, family tree, Project Gutenberg, radio, Radio Broadcast, William T. Pyke

"A convict's tour to hell" By Frank The Poet
Spoken By Peter O'Shaughnessy

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Here's the late celebrated veteran Australian actor,director,folklorist,and author Peter O'shaughnessy (1923 - 2013) giving us his definitive performance of "A convict's tour to hell" By Frank The Poet

I have just read the sad news that Peter…

Father O'Flynn
Sung by Mr. Stanley Kirkby
With Orchestral Accompaniment

Machine sewn record cover by Cork Prisoners.
Zonophone Record. Single side.

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