Rose Hill Convict Colony
The penal colony Rosehill was on November 2 in 1788 as the first British penal colony in the early Australia in Rose Hill founded, later Parramatta , now in the suburbs Rose Hill from Sydney , in New South Wales , located.
The penal colony was next to a boulevard leading to the Old Government House by Governor Arthur Phillip led. Rose Hill was a town that Phillip founded. According to his ideas, huts for convicts were built next to this road. There were 32 huts in the size of 7.30 × 3.65 m (24 × 12 feet), which were made of a clay wattle and that were thatched. Each hut intended for male convicts had two rooms, one of which had a fireplace and a brick fireplace. These huts were designed for 10 men each. However, according to a report from November 16, 1790, 12 to 14 men lived per house.
Across the street were nine huts that were only inhabited by unmarried women. There were other huts on the road for families of convicts that were distinguished by good behavior.
In the period from 1814 to 1815, these convict huts were demolished as part of landscaping work for a park at the instigation of Governor Lachlan Macquarie .
Individual evidence
- ↑ hyperfacts.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Rose Hill, New South Wales , in English, accessed November 25, 2011
- ↑ a b ppt.nsw.gov.au ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 170 kB): Colonial Rose Hill, Parramatta Park , in English, accessed on November 25, 2011
Coordinates: 33 ° 48 ′ 43.9 ″ S , 150 ° 59 ′ 50.3 ″ E