Stage 2
Activity: draw a convict from an indent
Watch this short video and learn how to use an original Convict Indent listing to draw a real convict
Activity: make your own convict love token
Learn about convict love tokens and some of the convicts at the Hyde Parks Barracks
Child convicts of Australia
For more than 50 years, convicts were transported from Britain to New South Wales. These included children as young as nine years of age
Onsite
Colonial Life at Elizabeth Farm
As they explore the Macarthur family home, which dates from 1793, students learn about the lives of the family and their convict servants and the impact of colonisation on the traditional owners of the Parramatta area
Onsite
Convict Life at the Barracks
What was it like to be a convict living at the Hyde Park Barracks?
Convict Sydney
Convict punishment: the treadmill
As a punishment, convicts were made to step continuously on treadmills to power wheels that ground grain
Virtual Excursion
Convict work at the Barracks
Learn about how convicts lived and worked at the Hyde Park Barracks in the early 19th century
Resource
Day in the life of a convict
Between 1819 and 1848 over 50,000 male convicts passed through the Hyde Park Barracks