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Thomas Lock convict love token
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Dragi Markovic, National Museum of Australia |
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| Title |
Thomas Lock convict love token |
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| Description |
Convict love token in the form of a circular copper disc made from a shaved down 1797 penny and stiple engaving. Thomas Lock was sentenced to 10 years transportation in 1845 for highway robbery and stealing. In the National Historical Collection of the National Museum of Australia. |
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| Date | 1845 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Height 2mm; diameter 35mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
2006.0086.0001 |
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| Object history | Convict love tokens, typically made of smoothed down coins engraved or stippled with a message, provide a poignant, personal insight into the transportation system, as well as its transnational character. Convict tokens were made for the whole of the transportation period in New South Wales and Tasmania, with the majority produced during the 1820s and 1830s. Also known as 'leaden hearts', the tokens stem from traditional sailors' farewells. As objects purposely made by or for convicts to give as mementos to loved ones left behind when prisoners were transported, the tokens are a unique part of the record of a convict's transportation experience. They record personal and emotional responses from convicts whose lives are more often represented by official government records. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | When using this image, please credit the photographer and the National Museum of Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | One side: THOMAS / LOCK / AGED 22 / TRANSPed / 10 Years; Other side: WHEN / THIS YOU / SEE / REMEMBER / ME WHEN / I AM FAR / FROM THE [sic] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Self-photographed [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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