The following teaser is from the Feb. 28, 2014 edition of abc.net.au:
An historic prisoner record missing for decades is in the hands of Tasmania’s Archives and Heritage Office.
Inside the weathered exterior of the leather-bound book are 525 previously untold stories.
The book is a detailed record of prisoners who passed through the Hobart Gaol in the late 1800s.
It was recently given to the Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site in Hobart.
The Curator Brian Rieusset says it is very detailed.
“It’s got records of 525 people who committed offences here in Tasmania,” said Mr Rieusset.
“What they did, where they went, where they committed the offences, what their sentences were.
