Crime and Punishment

Haughton Hinton: From Hanmer to Hobart — A Convict’s Troubled Life (1803–1868)

A troubled figure from Hanmer, Haughton Hinton was sentenced to transportation for horse theft in 1822. His journey from the English borderlands to Van Diemen’s Land reveals the harsh realities of convict life in 19th-century Australia.

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