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Brisbane windmill and treadmill - Work camp

Placename
Brisbane windmill and treadmill - Work camp
Layer
Convict Sites - Aust and Norfolk Isl.
Type
Other

Details

Description

The windmill was constructed to grind the maize for the settlement, although the wind mechanism proved difficult and most of the power appears to have come from the attached treadmill, operated by 16 convicts with 8 persons waiting and used as a secondary punishment.

Sources

ID
tc494c

Extended Data

Start Year
1827
End year
1838