Posted by abarker in Carceral Archipelago on March 20, 2017
By Kellie Moss Fremantle Prison, Western Australia (authors own image). The history of convict confinement in Western Australia has been dominated by one towering limestone structure: Fremantle prison. However, convicts were incredibly mobile as they built public works beyond the walls of the prison, and received nominal freedom as probationers and ticket-of-leave holders. […]
Posted in Australia, Carceral Archipelago, Penal Colonies, Settler Colonialism | Tagged Australia, Convicts, depots, settler colonialism, Western Australia |
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 17, 2016
By Kellie Moss Western Australia welcomed the transportation of convicts in 1850 as a solution to the economic problems which had affected the colony since its foundation as a free settlement in 1829. However, the 1857 Penal Servitude Act significantly altered the kinds of convicts being sent as deportation was discontinued for sentences shorter than […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australia, Carceral Archipelago, Convicts, Mental Health, University of Leicester, Western Australia |
Posted by Katy Roscoe in Carceral Archipelago on June 11, 2014
A few weeks ago, it was wonderful to have our first Carceral Archipelago project panel. The three postgraduates working on the project – Carrie Crockett, Kellie Moss and Katy Roscoe – showcased their progress so far in three twenty minutes papers at the School of History’s postgraduate conference at the University of Leicester. We were […]
Posted in Carceral Archipelago | Tagged Carceral Archipelago, Cockatoo Island, Conference, Penal colonies, Postgraduate, Rottnest Island, Sakhalin, University of Leicester, Western Australia |
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