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Working in a Chain Gang

John Fitzgerald was sent to work in a Chain Gang in 1828 – this was probably a punishment for some kind of bad behaviour. He was part of Chain Gang No. 4, working on building the Great North Road from Sydney to the Hunter Valley.

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Author James Backhouse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narrative_of_a_Visit_to_the_Australian_Colonies_-_A_Chain_Gang.png

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Author James Backhouse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narrative_of_a_Visit_to_the_Australian_Colonies_-_A_Chain_Gang.png

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