Hi all, I was able to attend the Female Convict Research Centre seminar today and it was stated that convicts within the probation system had evening classes; instruction in reading and writing.  Those convicts who were literate helped with classes.  Religious tracts were their text books. Also there is an article on-line in Tasmanian Ancestry, http://tasfhs.org/Volume%2019.pdf   use "Control F" to search for the article "EVENING SCHOOL AT THE OLD WHARF PROBATION STATION 1849-50.  It starts on page 240.  I do hope it is of interest. Cheers,  Maree

Hi Maree, Yes indeed it is most interesting - thank you so much. Cheers Karen Sent from my iPhone > On 5 May 2019, at 10:47 pm, Maree Ring <mareering@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was able to attend the Female Convict Research Centre seminar today and it was stated that convicts within the probation system had evening classes; instruction in reading and writing. Those convicts who were literate helped with classes. Religious tracts were their text books. > > Also there is an article on-line in Tasmanian Ancestry, http://tasfhs.org/Volume%2019.pdf use "Control F" to search for the article "EVENING SCHOOL AT THE OLD WHARF PROBATION STATION 1849-50. It starts on page 240. I do hope it is of interest. > > Cheers, Maree > > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

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Thank you Maree. Very interesting. Regards Chris -----Original Message----- From: Maree Ring [mailto:mareering@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, 5 May 2019 10:48 PM To: TASMANIA ROOTSWEB Subject: [AUS-Tas] Convict literacy. Hi all, I was able to attend the Female Convict Research Centre seminar today and it was stated that convicts within the probation system had evening classes; instruction in reading and writing. Those convicts who were literate helped with classes. Religious tracts were their text books. Also there is an article on-line in Tasmanian Ancestry, http://tasfhs.org/Volume%2019.pdf use "Control F" to search for the article "EVENING SCHOOL AT THE OLD WHARF PROBATION STATION 1849-50. It starts on page 240. I do hope it is of interest. Cheers, Maree _______________________________________________ AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community