The kids who were convicts

We are in Hobart, and we had to wake up early so that we could go on a one hour drive to Port Arthur.

After the drive we got out and got out tickets from the counter. We met our guide at the veranda and he led us to the side of the pathway.

He told us that in England at the time of Port Arthur, children nine to twelve were allowed to work in a mine and they had to push around the carts like a donkey.

Then we went to the jail cells at the penitentiary and on the top level the boys had to sleep together but in different hammocks. While the bottom was sperate cells.

Then we moved to the guard’s house and the guide told us that if we were convicts this place would be a nightmare go in and get their punishments.

After that we left our guide and now, we were on our own. The first place we went was to a glass walkway to look upon the jail cells.

After we looked at most of the buildings we went to the gardens and played on the old fountain that was in the middle of the gardens.

The next day we went and did the rest of the buildings.

After finishing at Port Arthur we did another short walk and at the end we had an ice-cream.

At Port Arthur I learnt that in the UK kids were treated like adults and were forced to live on the side of the streets because their parents were too poor.

Also, at the age of six to eight you were allowed to work in a factory.

If you were a convict boy, you would get very little food. This is the end of my convict days out and about.                                                                     GOOD BYE!