Captain Joseph Wakefield, soldier and penal administrator, of the 39th Regiment was the acting commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from November 1828 to 29 June 1829.
By this time there were about 200 convicts on the island. Several buildings had been constructed of locally produced timber, stone, shingles and lime, including a prisoners' barracks, three-storey barracks for troops, quarters for civil officers and a military hospital. The remains of some of these buildings can still be seen at Kingston. Wakefield was soon replaced by the man who had sought the commandant's position since 1825, James Morisset.
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Hazzard, Margaret, Punishment Short of Death: a history of the penal settlement at Norfolk Island, Melbourne, Hyland, 1984. (ISBN0-908090-64-1)
joseph, wakefield, captain, soldier, penal, administrator, 39th, regiment, acting, commandant, second, convict, settlement, norfolk, island, from, november, 1828, june, 1829, this, time, there, were, about, convicts, island, several, buildings, been, construct. Captain Joseph Wakefield soldier and penal administrator of the 39th Regiment was the acting commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island from November 1828 to 29 June 1829 By this time there were about 200 convicts on the island Several buildings had been constructed of locally produced timber stone shingles and lime including a prisoners barracks three storey barracks for troops quarters for civil officers and a military hospital The remains of some of these buildings can still be seen at Kingston Wakefield was soon replaced by the man who had sought the commandant s position since 1825 James Morisset References editHazzard Margaret Punishment Short of Death a history of the penal settlement at Norfolk Island Melbourne Hyland 1984 ISBN 0 908090 64 1 External links editColonial Secretary s papers 1822 1877 State Library of Queensland includes digitised letters written by Wakefield to the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales regarding Norfolk Island Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joseph Wakefield amp oldid 1143488699, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
