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Williamson Allan Matthew No 22396


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      Creator(s):
Convict Department

Date: 1850 -

Description: Convict record form on parchment paper for Allan Matthew Williamson. The form is hanwritten over a number of years beginning with the arrival in Van Diemans Land on 9th August 1850. The lastest entry records the discharged convicts death on 16th October 1893. The form includes a photograph of the convict. It includes a full description of him at the time of his arrival in Van Diemans Land aged 28 and includes a full record of his offences and sentences of which there are many. The form is rare and a copy is on display at the site in the Museum room at the Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site.

Format: Documents and books
Object: government records
Material: parchment

Titles:
Williamson Allan Matthew No 22396

Subjects: convicts

People/Orgs: Williamson, Allan Matthew

Places: Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart (Tas.)

Institution: Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site Management Committee

Object number: PCH_00033

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