Convict hulks: life on the prison ships at Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, NSW on 4 Aug 07

Convict hulks: life on the prison ships @ Hyde Park Barracks

4 Aug 2007

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Convict hulks: life on the prison ships

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Convict hulks: life on the prison ships

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Date:

Sat, 4 Aug 2007 to Sun, 26 Jul 2009

Venue:

Hyde Park Barracks
Queens Square Macquarie St Sydney 2000
NSW 2000

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Price:

General $10 Concession $5 Family $20

Tickets:

Enquiries: T 02 8239 2311 or visit www.hht.net.au

Description:

Rare convict artefacts recovered from the underwater excavation of the Bermuda hulk Dromedary (1824–91) are coming to Australia for the first time for a new exhibition Convict hulks: life on the prison ships.

The extensive exhibition will feature more than 600 artefacts discovered during archaeological dives in 1982 lead by Bermudan archaeologist Chriss Addams who will be in Sydney for the exhibition opening to be launched by actor/producer/director Jeremy Sims. The artefacts are part of a larger collection of 2,500 convict-related items kept in private storage in Bermuda by the Dromedary Trust.

The exhibition details the harsh conditions in the hulks, featuring an interactive display and soundscape to recreate the experience of a hulk space and the daily lives of their wretched human cargo.

Convict hulks were a common sight on the rivers and estuaries in England and Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries were proposed as a solution to ease overcrowding in English and Irish jails. Although often unseaworthy, ex-naval ships were converted into these floating prisons and became an integral mechanism in the transportation of convicts to distant British colonies.

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