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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 221
... gang , to be sent to the coal river ( to Newcastle ) , or corporally punished . The three modes of punishment are , being put into the gaol gang , corporal punishment , or sent to the coal river ? - Yes ; this is alone for minor ...
... gang , to be sent to the coal river ( to Newcastle ) , or corporally punished . The three modes of punishment are , being put into the gaol gang , corporal punishment , or sent to the coal river ? - Yes ; this is alone for minor ...
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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