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Page 105
... employed many men on public works , but the cost was high , and the British government did not approve of this additional burden on its treasury . For these and other reasons the convict population was in a state of constant fluctuation ...
... employed many men on public works , but the cost was high , and the British government did not approve of this additional burden on its treasury . For these and other reasons the convict population was in a state of constant fluctuation ...
Page 222
... employed on the Sunday ? - They are not employed at all ; all the prisoners under the employment of government , are mustered at a certain hour in the morning , and taken to church ; all the different inhabitants are also enjoined to ...
... employed on the Sunday ? - They are not employed at all ; all the prisoners under the employment of government , are mustered at a certain hour in the morning , and taken to church ; all the different inhabitants are also enjoined to ...
Page 225
... employed as domestic servants , or worked in a ' factory ' at Parramatta , which was a maternity home as well as a place of punishment and a manufactory of useful goods . Alexander Riley , who had had long experience as an official , a ...
... employed as domestic servants , or worked in a ' factory ' at Parramatta , which was a maternity home as well as a place of punishment and a manufactory of useful goods . Alexander Riley , who had had long experience as an official , a ...
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