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Bill Thompson, ex-convict and guide at Port Arthur in convict clothes and leg irons. |
Bill Thompson outside one of the solitary cells where he was often incarcerated. |
Main block of cells for convicts at Maria Island Tasmania. |
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The convict hulk "Success" stationed at Williamstown Melbourne. |
Prison ship referred to as a "hulk", where convicts were sometimes kept for up to 7yrs |
Convict establishment taken 1850 at Premaydena, Tasmania. |
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A typical settler bark hut, with kangaroos in the foreground. |
Early family at a hut in the Wielangta Forest, Tasmania |
Cobb & Co. coach outside Harcourt, Warburton, Victoria |
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Aboriginal workers at Momba shearing shed near Bourke NSW |
Butcher's shop in a slab hut with bark roof, Tambaroora NSW |
Bullockies carting wool into Carnarvon, Western Australia. |
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Ballarat Flat, during the gold days, Victoria 1860 |
Miners outside the share broker and mining agent, Hill End NSW |
Very old photo of Clarke's battery south of Sovereign Hill, Ballarat. |
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Chinese gold digger starting for work, 1860s Queensland, many were massacred |
Typical gold mining camp and equipment, Mt William Victoria. |
A mining town, Tasmania now one of many ghost towns. |
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