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Thread #154933 Message #3639279
Posted By: Fergie
05-Jul-14 - 09:07 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
Subject: Folklore: Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
Hi,
I'm writing a song about convict transportation and I need some assistance from Mudcatters.
In the early period of settlement at Port Jackson the Female Convict Factory at Parramatta was commonly referred to as 'the old stone jug'.
My query concerns any known slang terms or names that convicts or early settlers used when referring to the male convict prison at Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney.
Fergus Russell