| *** | A ball and chain, the single rivet leg iron has been 'Ovalled' to allow the wearer to escape, the ball and chain was often used in situations where mobility during work was required, for example building a breakwater | *** |  |
| *** | Punishment leg irons, When they were building the road over the blue Mountains up to thirty convicts a month were absconding from the chain gangs. When recaptured, heavy rivet leg irons such as these were riveted on to the convict as punishment. It was… | *** |  |
| *** | Regulation matching set of convict road gang 'Double Irons', with cold chisel marks on the irons which indicate that they have been used then 'Struck off' by the blacksmith. According to the vendor this is the only known matching set of top and bottom leg… | *** |  |
| *** | Cat-nine-tails, regulation issue, medium weight, handle covered in black material held in place with three Turks head cord lashings, the end of the handle covered in canvas and numbered '18', cord tails. Handle 51 cm long, tails 79 cm long | *** | N/A |
| *** | Convict rivet leg irons, 'Bo' military markings stamped into the irons, standard weight and have been used. Note cold chisel marks where the rivets have been cut off | *** |  |
| *** | Punishment rivet leg irons, an unusual set of standard weight with very heavy chain | *** |  |
| *** | Leg iron and handcuff display, including a collection of six items: leather lash, rivet leg irons, Hiatt heavy leg irons, standard Hiatt handcuffs, Hiatt adjustable handcuffs and Hiatt come-alongs | *** |  |
| *** | A Port Arthur carbine, lock marked ''Crown and Tower 1865' | *** |  |
| *** | Isolation mask, hessian material This type of mask was used at the Berrima Gaol which like port Arthur worked on the 'Pentonville Silent System' to enforce discipline | *** |  |
| *** | Prisoner's gag, consisting of a piece of wood with a hole through it, to be placed in the mouth and a leather strap which buckled behind the neck. This type of gag was used at Berrima Gaol and is described in detail in the book 'In old Australia' by the… | *** |  |
| *** | Cast iron cooking pot, 'Bo' markings cast into side of the pot and '1846'. For use at stockades or where groups of convicts were working on the road gangs | *** |  |
| *** | Dead man's leg irons, the leg irons are still riveted shut, which indicates that wearer probably died in them, one rivet shows evidence of being ground off (probably with a stone in a vain effort to remove the rivet) | *** |  |
| *** | A set of Tasmanian leg irons, Tasmanian Government contract rivet leg irons made by Morton and Foster Tasmania | *** |  |
| *** | A gang chain, and two connecting Hiatt locks. Gang chains were used to connect a number of working convicts connected together; thus making it more difficult to escape | *** |  |
| *** | A set of Hiatt barrel lock leg irons, heavy, with key | *** |  |
| *** | Heavy iron hammer head 'Ovalled' leg irons, with the Government broad arrow mark on two faces; and a pair of rivet leg irons as used by convicts working in leg irons in road and quarry gangs, hammered to an 'Oval' shape thus allowing the convict to slip… | *** |  |
| *** | Rolling wall spikes from Hobart Gaol, cast iron pipe, broken off from a longer length, eight spikes threaded into the circumference of the cast pipe in series, from the old Hobart Gaol, Tasmania. 7 cm diameter pipe. Length 43 cm, spikes. Length 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A cast bronze bell, with iron hanging bracket reputedly used at one of the Probation Stations Tasmania life at all convict establishments was ordered by the bell; first bell at 4 | *** |  |
| *** | A set of rivet leg irons (top irons.), elongated to allow a chain to be passed through the top half of the 'double irons' used by 'chain gangs' (hence the name) working on the roads | *** |  |
| *** | A set of Hiatt barrel lock leg irons, heavy, with key | *** |  |
| *** | A set of juvenile plug leg irons, with key, very light weight | *** |  |
| *** | A convict period folding barrack bed, of iron construction, used in the soldiers or prison warders barracks | *** |  |
| *** | Relic rivet leg irons, top irons from a double iron set as used on the road chain gangs | *** |  |
| *** | A portable riveting forge, Used to heat the rivets prior to being inserted into the leg irons of convicts | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Hiatt style handcuffs, barrel screw lock handcuffs with the 'Broad arrow' and 'Bo' engraving on the end of the handcuff barrel, early and rare, very few known marked thus | *** |  |
| *** | Relic leather convict hat, According to the vendor this hat was found hidden away in the ceiling of an old house at Windsor near Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Standard rivet leg irons (bottom irons), When used together with the odd shaped leg iron below they were called 'bottom irons' and became part of a set called 'double irons' | *** |  |
| *** | Baton, early colonial, convict period, plain wood with carved Crown symbol | *** |  |
| *** | A Hiatt linking lock with key, Used to attach convicts to gang chains | *** |  |
| *** | A convict period folding barrack bed, of iron construction, sed in the soldiers or prison warders barracks | *** |  |
| *** | A set of triangle restraints, used to restrain the legs of prisoners being flogged at the triangles | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of figure eight plug handcuffs, with key Effective but slow to use; first the plug had to be removed before the key could be inserted | *** |  |
| *** | Warders warning rattle, The rapidly rotated warning rattle had a particularly penetrating sound | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of figure eight handcuffs, with key, made from standard Hiatt style cuffs with chain removed and the cuffs riveted together | *** |  |
| *** | A convict period iron bed, as used in gaol hospital | *** |  |
| *** | A flat pad bolt, cell door lock with padlock, painted green. Provenance: Ex port Arthur | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of child's hob-nail boots, convict era, new and unused. Boot making was an industry that employed many convicts | *** |  |
| *** | Relic convict waistcoat, found in the roof of the 'Good woman Inn' Hobart; and a copy of an associated newspaper cutting | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of light Hiatt style handcuffs, probably from an escaped felon with one cuff sawn through | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Hiatt handcuffs, juvenile size, marked 'No. 6', with key. This type of handcuff would have been used at Point Puer | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Hiatt style handcuffs, standard style of restraint in the convict era | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of figure eight plug handcuffs, no key one size did not fit all, juveniles and women required a smaller size | *** |  |
| *** | A set of primitive 'Slave Irons', the forerunner of the handcuffs and leg irons produced by Hiatt for use on convicts from 1780 when that firm was established | *** |  |
| *** | A Hiatt linking lock with key, Used to attach convicts to gang chains | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of handcuffs, with unusual adjustment; and a barrel lock with key | *** |  |
| *** | A Bilboe shackle lock, This is the type of restraint lock used on board ships prior to 1800.U shape irons were around the prisoners legs then locked on with the Bilboe shackle | *** |  |
| *** | A warder's rattle, wood construction, repaired | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of police handcuffs, these new nickel plated handcuffs were standard issue in 1862 | *** |  |
