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HMS President

Layer
Australian Prisons
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Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-37.903
Longitude
144.861
Start Date
1852
End Date
1853

Description

The ship President was purchased and fitted out as a floating prison in 1852, to deal with Victoria's growing prison population following the discovery of gold in the colony brought a massive influx of migrants. It was only used a short time before four other prison hulks were purchased and put into use.?In 1885 the ship was broken up, its use as a prison having been previously discontinued.

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ID
t91b