Making Good: Convict Artisans in Exile
Saturday March 05 to Sunday November 27
Old Government House, Parramatta Park, Parramatta
- WHAT: Making Good: Convict Artisans in Exile
- WHEN: 5 Mar 2022 until 27 Nov 2022
- WHERE: Old Government House, Parramatta Park, Parramatta
- HOW MUCH: National Trust Members – FREE, Adult - $15, Concession/child - $10 Family - $35 Children under 5 years – FREE
Making Good: Convict Artisans in Exile, running from 5 March – 27 November, tells the stories of skilled convicts connected to Old Government House and more broadly the colony. The exhibition explores how those forcibly banished to the antipodes used their skills and acumen to become independent businesspeople who furnished the homes of their captors. These convicts were instrumental in transforming a place of exile into a modern settlement with a thriving local economy.