Tag: secondary punishment

Thesis sheds national spotlight on history of former James Fletcher Hospital Site

July 31, 2014

Dr Ann Hardy’s thesis  “. . . here is an Asylum open . . .” Constructing a Culture of Government Care in Australia 1801 – 2014″ on the national significance of the former James Fletcher Hospital site is now available free of charge on the University’s NOVA database. It explores the earliest permanent settlement at … More Thesis sheds national spotlight on history of former James Fletcher Hospital Site

Newcastle: Colony’s first place of secondary punishment?

November 11, 2010

Was Newcastle the Colony’s first place of secondary punishment?  by Dr Brian Walsh In 1804, following the uprising at Castle Hill, a permanent settlement was established at Newcastle to house convicts who re-offended in the Colony. Until it closed in 1822 the Newcastle settlement functioned principally as a place of secondary punishment for convicts sentenced … More Newcastle: Colony’s first place of secondary punishment?