Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31408
Title: Skilled Workers at the Port Arthur Penal Settlement, 1830-1836
Contributor(s): Beer, Nathan (author); Roberts, David Andrew  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2020-07
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31408
Related DOI: 10.25952/5f473c0885aed
Abstract: In 1988 the 'Convict Workers' project demonstrated that the convicts transported to New South Wales (NSW) between 1817 and 1840 were ordinary English and Irish workers whose labour was efficiently and productively employed in the colonies. Further, that cross-section of the British working class included 'an upper stratum' of skilled workers who were efficiently matched to positions which utilised their skills and so 'did well out of the penal system'. 'Convict Workers' paved the way for a raft of more nuanced investigations of the management and experience of skilled convict labour. However, we wonder how skilled workers fared at the penal settlements of NSW and Van Diemen's Land (VDL). Those 'colonial gulags', being 'zones of extra punishment' intended to buttress 'the preservation of law and discipline in the convict colony', bred workplace situations that were exceptional and distinct from other sections of the colonial economy.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Grant Details: ARC/DP170103642
Source of Publication: Journal of Australian Colonial History, v.22, p. 17-48
Publisher: University of New England, School of Humanities
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 1441-0370
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430302 Australian history
430311 Historical studies of crime
430306 Digital history
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280123 Expanding knowledge in human society
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Publisher/associated links: https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.627577123573886
Description: A Sample of 700 Convicts at Port Arthur 1830-1836, showing Trades on Arrival in Van Diemen’s Land with different Skill Classification Systems https://doi.org/10.25952/5f473c0885aed
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