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colonial convicts sent as the result of a second conviction. English prisoners were stationed at the
agricultural outstations at Longridge and Cascade, away from colonial prisoners in Kingston. Trusted
prisoners were also permitted to establish their own quarters and gardens away from the main
settlements, reducing overcrowding at Kingston and the need for new buildings.

However, between July and October 1840, Protestant and Catholic Chapels were constructed within the
Prisoners' Barracks Compound—without the permission of the Colonial Secretary or approval of the
Commanding Royal Engineer. Maconochie suspended work on the New Gaol and saw it as a place fit for
use only as a 'quarry'. From 1842 to 1844, more houses were needed for additional Civil Officers; these
were built on Military Road (Quality Row) to a plan developed by Anderson and Lugard in February 1839.

Section 3: The Place

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Maconochie's reforms faced criticism by 1843. Governor Gipps arrived on the Island to inspect it for
himself and found the settlement an orderly community. Opposition to Maconochie's scheme, however,
was such that Major Joseph Childs RM was commissioned to take charge of the Island in January 1844.
Following the suspension of transportation to New South Wales, control of the Norfolk Island Penal Station
was transferred to Van Diemen's Land from 1844. Captain Robert Gorges Hamilton of the Royal
Engineers transferred from Hobart to superintend works.

Childs was required to enforce penalties and introduce greater discipline. He restored a harsh penal code
and withdrew indulgences for good behaviour, including the opportunity to cultivate private gardens.
Childs had a tenuous grasp of penal administration and a poor relationship with Stipendiary Magistrate,
Samuel Barrow. Barrow had been sent to deal with the 'Ring', a group of recalcitrant old hands. He
created a 'police' force answerable to himself and not to the Commandant. Further breakdowns in
discipline forced Childs to resign in February 1846. Rev Naylor, Chaplain, reported in detail a regime of
brutal punishment. The report of Robert Pringle Stewart, a former commissioner and magistrate, was
critical and stressed the need for changes.

Childs' resignation was accepted on 10 July 1846, nine days after the so-called 'Cooking Pot Uprising' of 1
July 1846. Barrow had ordered the withdrawal of convicts' private cooking pots and Childs complied with
the request. The subsequent uprising saw the murder of four minor officials and the beating of informers.
Childs' replacement was a civilian, John Price. Price arrived at the beginning of August 1846 to take
charge and to administer punishment to those involved in the uprising. Twenty-six convicts implicated in
the revolt were placed on trial; twelve were hanged in two groups of six