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Kings Town (Newcastle, Coal River) - Penal station

Placename
Kings Town (Newcastle, Coal River) - Penal station
Layer
Convict Sites - Aust and Norfolk Isl.
Type
Other

Details

Description

A convict camp was established to mine coal and cut timber, as well as to control some of the unregulated occupation of the area. The settlement closed less than a year later

Sources

ID
tc486b

Extended Data

Start Year
1801
End year
1802