Convict uniform and two caps [realia]
- Bib ID:
- 2398685
- Format:
- Object
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [between 1830 and 1849]
- 1 uniform : wool, leather ; 4 boxes.
- Summary:
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Consists of coat and sleeveless jacket of 'Parramatta cloth' (box 1); black and yellow trousers (box 2), a grey knitted cap (box 3) and a brown leather cap (box 4). A secondary punishment uniform from the transportation era, (coloured to distinguish continuing offenders). Hand-stitched. Dates from the period 1822-1855, probably 1830s-1840s. From Van Diemens Land.
- Notes:
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-139411772
- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by Senator H.J.M. Payne, 1933.
- Subject:
- Prisoners -- Clothing and dress
- Genre/Form:
- Convict clothing
- Exhibited:
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- Exhibited: "People, print and paper", National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1988
- Exhibited: "World Upside Down", NLA, Canberra 2000, "The Convict Barracks", Hyde Park Barracks Feb 2003 - Feb 2004
- Exhibited: "National Treasures from Australia's Great Libraries". Touring exhibition December 2005 - August 2007, organised by the National Library of Australia.
- Exhibited: Treasures Gallery 2010: A Preview, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 22 April - 19 July 2009.
- Copyright:
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