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VH-BRF coming in to alight on the lagoon, Lord Howe Island, (detail) Dick Morris, 1974. Colourisation by Historic Houses Trust . Photograph courtesy Margaret Holle. © Dick Morris
Flying Boats. On now at the Museum of Sydney more>>>
H.Ellis, presumed Central cells, c1920. Details unknown

New blog: the Justice & Police Museum forensic photography archive more>>>

Anti-Vietnam War protest (detail), George St, Sydney, 1972. Copyright Roger Scott
The 1970s: a decade of protest  more>>>
'Bar scene', (detail) Herbert Badham, 1940, Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth © Estate of the artist
Sydney's Pubs. On now at the Justice & Police Museum! more>>>

Convict Hulks: life on the prison ships

Discover what it was like on a prison ship. Hear stories of convicts’ lives. Step inside a re-created punishment box. Try on some ankle irons. Experience sights and sounds that evoke the daily lives of the hulks’ wretched human cargo.
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