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Title
Unidentified prisoner
Date
c. 1 July 1896
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Albury

Versions

  1. Published photograph
    Title
    Pigtail worn in a coil by a prisoner.
    Description

    This man, a miner, was convicted for evading poll tax on 1 July 1896: sentence, 150 pounds (about $40,000 now) or two years gaol.

    Date
    c. 1 July 1896
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    between pp.434-435
    Source

    Rolls, Eric, Citizens: Flowers and the Wide Sea; Continuing the Epic Story of China's Centuries-old Relationship with Australia, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Brisbane, 1996. Details

    Albury Gaol Book, Archives Authortity of New South Wales

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Created: 3 March 2009