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24K views · 30 reactions | Today marks 200 years since convicts took up residency in Hyde Park Barracks. Did you know some of the convicts transported to Australia were children? Discover the stories of some of these children in our new #history digibook made with Sydney Living Museums. | ABC Education | Facebook

If you were a convict sentenced to hard labour in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), chances are you wore a jacket like this. 🧥 It’s a vivid reminder of our past – don't forget the first British settlement here was a prison populated by convicts and their keepers. This jacket would have been worn while working in a chain gang, shackled to other prisoners from sunrise to sunset. The chain gang was a punishment reserved for violent offenders, re-offenders and those who broke prison rules. Journey thro