Objects

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Objects

Worn, torn, crafted, mended, stored, owned, suffered, hidden, traded, gambled, and adapted by convicts – these convict-era objects and archaeological artefacts found at Hyde Park Barracks and The Mint (Rum Hospital) are among the rarest and most personal artefacts to have survived from Australia’s early convict period.

Absolute Pardon
Absolute Pardon
Alcohol bottle
Ball and chain
Barracks rat
Bible & prayer book
Branding iron
Brass stamp
Cartwheel penny
Cat-o’-nine-tails
Cat-o’-nine-tails
Certificate of Freedom
Clay tobacco pipe
Clay tobacco pipe
Clay tobacco pipes, repaired
Clock-winding crank
Convict braces & belts
Convict cap
Convict coins
Convict gaming tokens
Convict hat sennets & leaf shredder
Convict shirt
Convict shirt scrap, ‘B.A.’
Convict shirt scraps
Convict shoe
Convict uniform buttons
Cooking cauldron
Cupping glasses & scarificator
Danks pistol
Earthenware vessel
Free pardon
Ginger beer bottles
Government blanket fragments
Hack barrow
Hammock scrap
Iron gang chain
Jew’s harp
Leg iron guard
Leg irons, bar link
Leg irons, heavy
Leg irons, ovalled
Leg irons, standard
Leg irons, top
Love token, Daws
Love token, Smith
Love token, Woodcock
Rake head
Rum Hospital glassware
Sampler
Sandstock bricks
Ticket of Leave
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