Convict uniform and two caps [realia].

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an6393471; Presented by Senator H.J.M. Payne, 1933.; Exhibited: "People, print and paper", National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1988 AuCNL; Exhibited: "World Upside Down", NLA, Canberra 2000, "The Convict Barracks", Hyde Park Barracks Feb 2003 - Feb 2004; Exhibited: "National Treasures from Australia's Great Libraries". Touring exhibition December 2005 - August 2007, organised by the National Library of Australia. AuCNL; Exhibited: Treasures Gallery 2010: A Preview, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 22 April - 19 July 2009. AuCNL. Consists of coat and sleeveless jacket of 'Parramatta cloth' (box 1); black and yellow trousers (box 2), a grey knitted cap (box 3) and a brown leather cap (box 4). A secondary punishment uniform from the transportation era, (coloured to distinguish continuing offenders). Hand-stitched. Dates from the period 1822-1855, probably 1830s-1840s. From Van Diemens Land