Australian+History

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My name is James Jackson. I am brick maker and a boatman. I got court for a highway robbery and got sent to Australia in 1829. I got sentenced life for it. I am a convict and get treated very poorly because i got bad food and drinks my bed that i sleep on a bed that is really uncomfortable. I do alot of hard labour basically all day. When I got court I got clothes and this is what I got a suit, woollen jacket, waistcoat of Yellow or grey cloth, stockings, a pair of shoes, two shirts, a neck handkerchief and a woollen cap. I have shoes but no socks so it gets very uncomfortable. I look really untidy and smell. In my shoes because I no left or right shoe and have no socks I where this things called toe rags.

Steve Hart