Hi My Convict John Lawrence arrived on the Barossa on 8/12/1839. On Trove I found that the Barossa convicts were removed from Hyde Barracks to Cook's River on 16/12/1839 under the superintendent of works Mr Jones previously Assistant Chief Constable of Sydney. There were 334 male convicts on the Barossa. Was it normal for that many convicts to be on a work gang? Can anyone give me any information on Cook's River? thanks Derek

Hi Derek The short answer is to asist with the building of another barracks as the one at Hyde Park was full and the building of a dam across Cook's River. Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: [email protected] On 3/07/2011 8:41 PM, Derek BURR wrote: > Hi > My Convict John Lawrence arrived on the Barossa on 8/12/1839. > > On Trove I found that the Barossa convicts were removed from Hyde Barracks > to Cook's River on 16/12/1839 under the superintendent of works Mr Jones > previously Assistant Chief Constable of Sydney. > > There were 334 male convicts on the Barossa. Was it normal for that many > convicts to be on a work gang? > > Can anyone give me any information on Cook's River? > > thanks > > Derek > >