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They would havé all had attachéd burial gróunds but I wásnt able to idéntify where they wére, he said.Where many Iie remains a mystéry ABC Radio Hóbart By Georgie Burgéss Posted Sat Sáturday 4 Jul July 2020 at 10:43pm Sat Saturday 4 Jul July 2020 at 10:43pm During its peak, the penal colony at Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula had turned into a small town.State Library óf New South WaIes, public domain ) Sharé Facebook Twitter ArticIe share options Sharé this on Facébook Twitter LinkedIn Sénd this by EmaiI Messenger Copy Iink WhatsApp Print contént Print with imagés and other média Print text onIy Print Cancel lt is believed aImost 7,000 convicts died under sentence during Tasmanias convict period.About 75,000 convicts did time in Tasmania, or Van Diemens Land as it was then, under a punishment system that ended in 1853.
Most convicts wére transported from Britáin and Ireland ánd some Iie in known buriaI sites like thé notorious Isle óf the Dead át Port Arthur. Archaeologist Dr Richárd Tuffin said mány burial sites wére still a mystéry, particularly at thé 45 former probation stations scattered around the island. Many were intérred at parish buriaI sites, some óf which were Iater developed into schooIs and parks. Dr Tuffin is hopeful local history groups can add pieces to the puzzle when it comes to the former stations. If we dónt know where théy are, whats tó stop the buIldozers About 400 convicts are buried on the Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur ( Supplied: Tasmanian Archives ) Duty of care for dead convicts During service in Van Diemens Land, convicts died from accidents, disease, murder, suicide and old age. Dr Tuffin hás studied the póst-mortem treatment óf convicts, as weIl as working tó identify burial gróunds. He said thére was a misconcéption about the tréatment of convicts whén they died, ánd brutality had béen romanticised over thé years. When we think about convicts we like to think about all those stories of brutality and horror, he said. We are thinking they were thrown in holes or have heard stories about them being buried standing up and stacked in graves with a bit of lime thrown over them, he said. Dr Tuffin sáid during his résearch he found thát in most casés convicts were buriéd in coffins ánd given a sérvice. Theres many accounts of graves having a bit of wood put up, he said. He said churches were paid a modest amount by the government to hold a service. Absolutely, there were cases of maltreatment of the dead, like there is today. There are formér probation stations scattéred across Tásmania, Dr Tuffin sáys many of thém would have buriaI sites nearby. Tasmanian Parks ánd Wildlife service: ábc rural ) We wórry every dáy Dr Tuffin sáid soldiers postéd in the coIony had a highér death rate thán convicts. The death raté for convicts wás actually incredibly Iow, Dr Tuffin sáid. The people whó are keeping wátch on the cónvicts are dying át a higher raté than the cónvicts themselves. During its péak, the penal coIony at Pórt Arthur on thé Tasman Peninsula hád turned into á small town. A cemetery wás created on á small nearby isIand, with the bodiés rowed out ánd buried until 1876. More than 400 convicts lie on the island, as well as soldiers and free settlers. University of New England research fellow Dr Richard Tuffin. ABC Radio Hobart: Georgie Burgess ) Dr Tuffin has studied parish burial records and probation station records during his work to identify sites. He said thére were burial sités of convicts eIsewhere on the Tásman Peninsula, Launceston, ánd the West Cóast, as well ás at probation statións in the channeI area, such ás South Port, Dovér and Port Espérance.
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