Summary
Alternative Name(s): Whip, Lash, Cat
Leather and wooden cat-o'nine-tails. The acquisition register indciates that it was for use on female convicts. It was probably collected by a magistrate relative of the donor's family on his court circuit work along the Murray River in the 1880s, and would have been used before that date.
Physical Description
Convict lash, wooden handle attached to leather tails with handmade nails. Evidence of missing binding.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Miss M. Stoyles - Ministry of Transport, 17 Jul 1986
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Place & Date Used
Murray River, Victoria, Australia, 1880-1889
The date 1889 was originally noted as 'date used', although does not quite concur with the account that it was used before being collected during the 1880s. -
Classification
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
5.5 cm (Length), 24 cm (Height)
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References
Weidenhofer, Margaret, 1973. The Convict Years: Transportation and the Penal System 1788-1868. Melb., Lansdowne Hand-written register at the time of acquisition notes that this item was for use on female convicts.
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