I.Australia as a Penal Colony Work Life in the Penal Colony -Most convicts lived as servants and labourers but there were also convict tradesmen and clerical and administrative workers. -The convict work force rarely received wages. -Francis Greenaway,a convict architect who had been convicted of forgery,was responsible for some fine buildings that still stand in Sydney today. -Macquarie,who took over as governor in 1810,used this massive force of convict labour to expand the colony by building up to fifty townships around Sydney
I. Australia as a Penal Colony • Work Life in the Penal Colony -Most convicts lived as servants and labourers but there were also convict tradesmen and clerical and administrative workers. -The convict work force rarely received wages. - Francis Greenaway, a convict architect who had been convicted of forgery, was responsible for some fine buildings that still stand in Sydney today. -Macquarie, who took over as governor in 1810, used this massive force of convict labour to expand the colony by building up to fifty townships around Sydney
I.Australia as a Penal Colony Francis Greenway,a convict Old Supreme Court Building architect,printed on the Australian designed by Francis Greenway ten dollar note. SN645709
I. Australia as a Penal Colony Francis Greenway, a convict architect, printed on the Australian ten dollar note. Old Supreme Court Building designed by Francis Greenway