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Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology Volume 02
The Convict Road Station Site at Wisemans Ferry: an Historical and Archaeological Investigation (1984)
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Archive of papers from Volume 2 of the Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology, published by the Australian Society for Historical Society (ASHA) in 1984.
The Convict Road Station Site at Wisemans Ferry: an Historical and Archaeological Investigation (1984)
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In examining the contribution of the convicts to Australia's early material history, archaeologists and architectural historians usually focus on impressive, durable structures such as public buildings and bridges. The convict road station site at Wisemans Ferry presents an alternative record. It comprises the remains of the temporary, rough dwellings of the convict gangs which constructed the Great North Road between 1826 and 1836, and it is particularly valuable because of the absence of...