On loan from Ralph Hawkins, Shoemaker’s hammers, hole puncher, heel cutter, leather shapers, hole stretcher, creaser. At the Hyde Park Barracks, planes like this were used to remove unsightly saw marks on the floorboards beneath your feet. The leather convict cap was one of the most recognisable symbols of convictism in Australia. Convicts were accommodated in rows of hammocks two feet in breadth and seven feet in length with each row separated by three feet. On loan from Fred Murrell, Cow, sheep and pig bones, some with butchery cuts, Shoe last and tailor’s scissors. A day in the life of a convict at Hyde Park barracks. Please let us know before your visit if any of your students have special needs or learning difficulties so we can plan to accommodate their needs during the visit. The fabric was imported, or woven by convict women in the Female Factory at Parramatta. Intended to accommodate up to 600 convicts, at certain times it housed around 1,400. The Hyde Park Barracks was built to house and control male convicts. Designed to house 600 men, over the next few decades there were times when as many as 1400 men lived here. Using a range of historical sources, including the World Heritage-listed building, students investigate what daily life was like for the male convicts who lived at the Hyde Park Barracks. Blue stripes were common on convict clothing, though the line thickness often varied in width. Instructions for the guidance of the superintendent and Subordinate Offices of the Establishment of Convicts in Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney 1825. A UNESCO World Heritage-listed site in the heart of historic Sydney, the Hyde Park Barracks is an extraordinary living record of early colonial Australia. In a colony founded on convict work, every trade relied on tools being kept in good order. Hyde Park Barracks Archaeology Collection, Sydney Living Museums Path to freedom Well-behaved convicts or those with useful skills could earn privileges, from extra tobacco or food rations to elevation to the role of an overseer or constable, and even petition for early release. Hyde Park Barracks Located on Macquarie St it was purpose built to house convicts transported from Britain. Convict shoemakers were required to make one pair of shoes a day. To this end, Macquarie requested convict architect Francis Greenway design barracks for 600 men. The heavy wheel could be disassembled to be easily transported from one place to another. Please plan to arrive before the start time of your booked program to allow for cloaking, toilet visits and/or a refreshment break for the students. A brief overview of the Hyde Park Barracks and a list of convict-related record series. The Hyde Park Barracks provides temporary sleeping quarters for convicts newly landed in Sydney or those returned to town for punishment or reassignment. About 80,000 convicts were sent to New South Wales between 1788 and 1849, and we estimate that after Hyde Park Barracks was opened in 1819, at least 50,000 of these convicts passed through its gates. By the time Hyde Park Barracks was built in 1819, a lot of food was locally grown. Smoking was a popular pastime in the colony, with a large number of pipes imported as well as made locally. Hyde Park Barracks, designed by the ex-convict architect Francis Greenway, was built between 1817 and 1819. During this program your students will: Despite this, convicts did have strict rations of food that changed from year to year. After being Around 1826, a shoemaking establishment operated at the Hyde Park Barracks. Photography policies vary between the museums so please ask a member of staff for details. One convict, George Vigors, escaped from the Hyde Park Barracks one Sunday, on his way to church! It was found bundled inside a staircase during renovations of the Hyde Park Barracks in 1979. Each additional visitor will be charged at the concession rate of $12. Originally built to house convicts, the Barracks has also served as an immigration depot, asylum, law courts and government offices. While at the Barracks in 1833 he penned ‘A Dialogue between two Hibernians in Botany Bay’ … In the 1820s, all government bricks were marked with a broad arrow. The supervision ratio is 1:10 for primary groups and 1:15 for secondary groups. The Hyde Park Barracks served as institutional accommodation for almost 70 years, first housing male convicts, and later immigrants and destitute women. The Hyde Park Barracks officially went into operation on 4 June 1819. Convict tailors at the Hyde Park Barracks made and repaired the men’s regulation clothing, including trousers, shirts, jackets and overcoats. The Barracks Hyde Park Barracks was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway during Governor Macquarie’s era. Housing for government convicts The Hyde Park Barracks opened on 4 June 1819 with a feast to celebrate the King's Birthday. They may have hung the clothes up in the yard to dry. Convict rations were prepared in large cauldrons such as this one by convict cooks in the kitchen at the Hyde Park Barracks. E info@slm.com.au, Sydney Living Museums Bookings This scraping comb was used to smooth and level stonework surfaces for architectural features such as plinths, steps, doorways, window ledges and the highly finished stone facings on the front wall of the Hyde Park Barracks. Hyde Park Barracks MUSEUM Hyde park Barracks, a world heritage listed museum it is one of the most significant convict sites in the world. It had a brim that could be folded up and tied, or turned down to protect the wearer from both sun and rain. He married convict Catharine Martin in November 1820. Hyde Park Barracks This Sydney landmark was the epicentre of Australia’s convict system, serving as a lodging place and administrative hub for convict… They will handle objects, try out the convict hammocks, hear personal stories and learn about the punishments convicts faced if they broke the barracks' rules. Male convicts at the Hyde Park Barracks wore regulation clothing stamped with the initials BO (for Board of Ordnance) and a broad arrow to identify them as government property. The imprint of a broad arrow has been produced by a chisel rather than the stamp commonly used in the Sydney lumberyard. These men had enjoyed the run of the town. Alongside sandstone, bricks were the building blocks of colonial Sydney. Emu Plains. What crimes had they committed? 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