An Archaeology of Institutional Refuge: the Material Culture of the Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, 1848–1886

Summary

This monograph presents the results of the EAMC analysis of the Hyde Park Barracks assemblage. It concentrates of the underfloor assemblage and examines many details of life in the Women’s Destitute Asylum and Immigrant’s Depot such as smoking, the distribution of religious tracts, the provision of medicinal care, the ‘make-do’ culture of recycled clothing and makeshift tooling, among other topics.

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• Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern City (EAMC)

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Contact(s): Penny Crook

Record Identifiers

ARC Identification Number(s): C00002438

TDAR ID(s): 6822

FAIMS ID(s): repo.fedarch.org/project/6822

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