Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/52058
Title: Recovering Convict Lives: A Historical Archaeology of the Port Arthur Penitentiary
Contributor(s): Tuffin, Richard  (author)orcid ; Roe, David  (author); Szydzik, Sylvana (author); Harris, E Jeanne  (author); Matic, Ashley
Publication Date: 2021-11-01
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/52058
Abstract: 

The World Heritage-listed Port Arthur penitentiary is one of Australia's most visited historical sites, attracting over 400,000 visitors each year. Designed to incarcerate 480 men, between 1856 and 1877 thousands of convicts passed through it.

In 2013, archaeologists began one of the largest ever excavations of an Australian convict site. Recovering Convict Lives: A Historical Archaeology of the Port Arthur Penitentiary makes their findings available to general readers for the first time. Extensively illustrated, it is a fascinating journey into the inner workings of the penal system and the day-to-day lives of Port Arthur convicts.

Through the things they left behind - the sandstone base of a prison wall, a clay pipe discarded in a washroom, gambling tokens dropped between floorboards - this book tells their stories.

Publication Type: Book
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Place of Publication: Sydney, Australia
ISBN: 9781743327821
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430103 Archaeology of Australia (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
430302 Australian history
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 130703 Understanding Australia’s past
280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology
HERDC Category Description: A1 Authored Book - Scholarly
Publisher/associated links: https://sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/products/138789
WorldCat record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1273077636
Extent of Pages: 300
Appears in Collections:Book
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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