A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1788-1840Nelson, 1980 - Australia |
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Page 192
... gangs , - every gang has an overseer , and every two or three gangs a superintendent ; these are frequently chosen from amongst those convicts who best conduct themselves . They work from six in the morning till three in the afternoon ...
... gangs , - every gang has an overseer , and every two or three gangs a superintendent ; these are frequently chosen from amongst those convicts who best conduct themselves . They work from six in the morning till three in the afternoon ...
Page 457
... gangs of 60 each , with two overseers over each gang ; I was placed in the stone quarry gang . The 360 men slept in a long , narrow , low - roofed shed , called a dormitory , their beds or berths are called bunks ; there are two tiers ...
... gangs of 60 each , with two overseers over each gang ; I was placed in the stone quarry gang . The 360 men slept in a long , narrow , low - roofed shed , called a dormitory , their beds or berths are called bunks ; there are two tiers ...
Page 484
... GANG In 1835 there were about sixteen iron gangs ( also known as ironed gangs , chain gangs and chained gangs ) in New South Wales , containing around 1,000 men at any one time , though hundreds passed in and out of the gangs in the ...
... GANG In 1835 there were about sixteen iron gangs ( also known as ironed gangs , chain gangs and chained gangs ) in New South Wales , containing around 1,000 men at any one time , though hundreds passed in and out of the gangs in the ...
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