Pinchgut Island
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Name
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Pinchgut Island
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Type of carceral site
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Penal Settlement
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Dates of use
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1788 – 1841
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Quote
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I moved that we take over Pinchgut Island in the centre of the Sydney Harbour because the American Indians had taken over Alcatraz just three weeks earlier. I was out-voted by one vote and the decision was not to recognise Australia and set up our own 'Embassy' in Canberra.
Interview.
Dixon, Chicka. Interview with Gary Foley, 11 March, 1984.
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Authority
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1830 Offenders' Punishment and Transportation Act
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Contact
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Dashiell
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identifier
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SITE-PGT