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Prime Seal Leg Iron


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      Date: 1830 -

Description: One iron convict leg iron, with no attachments, found on Prime Seal Island by Frank Jackson when the Jackson family farmed the island.The leg iron hinge has rusted into a permanent position. Convicts were on Prime Seal Island during the Wybalenna settlement.

Format: realia
Object: shackles

Titles:
Prime Seal Leg Iron

Subjects: convicts

Places: Prime Seal Island, Furneaux group, Tasmania

Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.

Object number: FHR_00549

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