Fascinating Finds

The aim of this section is to address the list of research questions below as well as provide detailed analysis of Thomas Ball’s Pottery. We are not writing a separate section as a response to the research design due to budgetary and timing constraints. The following issues...

This plaque was made by Jonathan Moreton, an early convict potter. It is a unique finely crafted object with a hole at the top for hanging on a wall. The plaque was manufactured by John Moreton between c.1835 to 1837. The basemark on the back...

During the 2007 excavation at the Parramatta Justice Precinct we found the remains of two infants or neonates (newborn burials) associated with Parramatta's 2nd Convict Hospital (1792-1818). They had been carefully placed in a small shallow grave and oriented with their heads at the western...