Thanks very much Sue. That is exactly what I needed. Best Wishes Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Wyatt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 7:27 AM Subject: RE: [TAS-CONVICTS] Port Esperance > Hi Valerie, > the following is a summary of info from Ian Brand's book, "The Convict > Probation System 1839-1854". It is from Charles La Trobe's report sent to > UK about 1847. Would be worthwhile to buy own copy as it gives description > of all stations as when visited by La Trobe as well as telling about the > convict system in VDL between 1839 and 1854. > > Dover - Probation Station > few miles from entrance of Port Esperance, about 7 miles below mouth of Huon > River. > Buildings are of temporary and indifferent description. > Sleeping huts intended to sleep 32 men each - much too crowded if filled to > that extent. > Officers quarters good. Two mess rooms tolerable, are of wood, third under > repair - first class room used as chapel and school. Good cook house and > bakehouse with 2 ovens. Good store for meat, one for flour and general > stores, third for bedding and potatoes. > Three yards separated by good paling - areas are sanded - one belonging to > First class prisoners is too close to Superintendents quarters. > 100 separate apartments have commenced - few nearly finished, not many men > at station so work nearly at standstill. > Solitary cells old and built of wood, small and low, 6 additional being > erected. > Hospital detached brick building not ceiled, no cooking place attached so > food prepared in room used by the sick. > 28 acres of land at station and 40 acres at Hope Island near entrance of > Port, all under cultivation and good land. Potatoes good, large ample for > men's rations, 78 tons sent to other stations. > Suggested 200 acres good land mile and half from Dover should be cleared and > cultivated, even though heavily timbered, instead of using poorer land near > station. > Timber is good and variety, shell for lime, good clay for bricks - but no > good stone. Water is good from springs and creek. > Medical Officer from Southport attends station - no road by land so visit by > sea. If station to continue need to appoint a Resident Surgeon. > Prisoners when station visited were only 89 in number, divided into 3 > classes, 18 men on Hope Island under Assistant Superintendent charge. > Similar advantages to Southport - absence of settlers in area. Retain for > present, found to be tolerable and many books. > Considerable number of passholders, probation having expired waiting to > proceed to Hiring Depots and complained of hardship of detention. > Direct line of land communications with Hobart Town is broken by heavy > timbered country and Huon River across which no regular means of transport. > Must forward prisoners by sea when opportunity arises. > > Hope this is what you wanted Valerie. > > Sue Wyatt > [email protected] > > Great chat room for genealogy only www.justgen.com > Please feel free to come and join us. > > -----Original Message----- > From: jandvmartin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 9 December 2002 6:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TAS-CONVICTS] Port Esperance > > > Does anyone have any information about Port Esperance (Dover) Probation > Station. My convict, James O'Neill was there in 1845 > > Best wishes Valerie in Auckland > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Please link your webpages to the Australian Families Webring and Tasmanian > Convicts - let's unite!!! The navigation bar is located at: > Http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Please link your webpages to the Australian Families Webring and Tasmanian Convicts - let's unite!!! The navigation bar is located at: > Http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >