Tasmanian Memorials - Campbell Town
Convict Brick Trail
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Campbell Town Convict Brick Trail The first brick was laid by Mayor Kim Polley on August 28th 2003; This brick is dedicated to those who died on their way to Australia either by disease or misfortune and they were not lucky enough to see our magnificent land. The trail of bricks is dedicated to the nearly 200.000 convicts who were transported to Australia for almost 100 years from 1788 onwards. Over 70,000 came to Tasmania. Today it is estimated that 80% or 4 out of every 5 Tasmanian have a little convict blood in their veins. The trail begins here at the red bridge, this famous bridge was built entirely with convict labour. They hand made 1,250,000 bricks and then built the bridge on dry land. When completed they were then told to divert the river beneath its arches. This was accomplished by digging the new river course a kilometre on both sides of the arches. Built for horse and cart it is today the oldest bridge in Australia still in use on a major highway, such was the workmanship of our forefather convicts. This convict built building, the foxhunters return still has the holding cells beneath its floors where the convicts were held at night. Most convicts in Tasmania at some time passed through Cambell Town either travelled north south or to the east coast many are buried in our 5 cemeteries, albeit in unmarked graves. |
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Broadmarsh Probation Station Plaque | ) |
Broadmarsh Probation Station Cairn |
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Richmond Bridge | ) |
Ross Bridge |
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George ATKINSON Ship: GEORGE 111 1835 drowned in Shipwreck |
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John ATKINSON Ship: JOHN BARRY 1834 Died 1882 |
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Thomas ATKINSON Ship: ADMIRAL COCKBURN 1819 to Sydney BENCOOLEN* |
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William ATKINSON Ship: CALCUTTA 1803 |
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John BERWICK Ship: MANGLES 1824 Died at Falmouth 1883 |
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John BIRCHALL Ship: CALCUTTA 1803 |
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George BROOMHEAD Ship: MARION 1844 |
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Eleanor BROWN Ship: AMERICA 1831 Died 1899 |
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John CLEMENTS Ship: PYRAMUS 1839 |
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Ann CRAIG Ship: TASMANIA 1844 |
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Samuel CRISP Ship: EARL ST VINCENT 1826 |
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Catherine DONNELLY Ship: ARABIAN 1847 Died Melbourne 1902 |
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John DONNELLY Ship: TORY 1847 |
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Martin DUNPHY Ship: EDEN 1836 |
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Ship: EXPERIMENT June 24 1804 |
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Edward FISHER Ship: MATILDA 1791 |
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Margaret FITZGERALD Ship: HECTOR 1835 Died at Scamander (wife of John BERWICK) |
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Rachel HODDY Ship: LADY JULIANA 1790 |
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William INMAN Ship: ISABELLA 1842 |
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Elizabeth KEHOE Ship: KINNEAR 1848 Wife of Martin KEHOE |
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Martin KEHOE Ship: ORATOR 1843 |
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Jeremiah KEOGH Ship: CADET 1844 |
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Amos LANGMAID Ship: BENGAL MERCHANT 1828 |
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Peter LYTHGOE Ship: BUSSORAH MERCHANT 1830 |
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John CLEMENTS Ship: PYRAMUS 1839 |
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William MILWARD Ship: BAROSSA 1842 |
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Ship: MINSTREL Oct 25 1812 125 Female Convicts |
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George ROBOTHAM Ship: ASIA 1827 |
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George SHERGOLD Ship: ELANOR 1831 |
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James TRIFFET Ship: MATILDA 1791 |
iconPhotographed Nov 2005
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