Convict assignment
Convict assignment was the practice used in many
historians
have agreed with this assessment.
In Australia, every penal colony except Western Australia had a system of convict assignment. Convicts in Western Australia were never assigned,[1] with the debatable exception of the Parkhurst apprentices.
The system was abolished in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land on 1 July 1841 and replaced with the probation gang system. After working for two years in a labour gang, if they were well-behaved, convicts received 'probation passages' which meant they could work for wages.
See also
- Convict lease
- Ticket of leave § Australia
Further reading
- Angela Woollacott (2015). Settler Society in the Australian Colonies: Self-government and Imperial Culture. Oxford University Press. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-19-964180-2.
References
- The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News. Vol. 3, no. 131. Western Australia. 7 June 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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