Title Point Puer- and the prisons of Port Arthur / Walter B. Pridmore ; illustrator, Rose Solomon

Published Murdunna, Tas. : W.B. Pridmore, [2005] ©2005

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Description iv, 44 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cm Summary Port Puer is significant in the evolution of the crime and punishment system we have today as it was the first exlusively boys prison in the British Empire. This booklet looks briefly at the Point Puer Boys Prison, the original Prisoner's barracks, the Penitentiary and the separate Prison at Port Arthur Subject Point Puer Boys' Establishment Boy convicts -- Tasmania -- Point Puer -- History Prisoners -- Australia -- Tasmania -- China -- Lüshun -- History. Juvenile delinquents -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Point Puer -- History Penal colonies -- Australia -- Tasmania -- China -- Lüshun. SUBJECT Port Arthur Historic Site (Tas.) Puer, Point (Tas.) Author Solomon, Rose ISBN 0975123947

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