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Cockatoo Island - Stockade

Placename
Cockatoo Island - Stockade
Layer
Convict Sites - Aust and Norfolk Isl.
Type
Other

Details

Description

Originally established as a prison in 1839 to house men transferred from Norfolk Island and Goat Island. The island was used for secondary punishment, with the initial stockade of tents and transportable boxes being replaced with barracks, cells, military and administrative buildings from locally quarried stone. Various industrial activities including excavating a dry dock.

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ID
tc4925

Extended Data

Start Year
1830
End year
1869