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the principal characteristics of Australian
convict sites including: hard labour as a means of punishment and deterrence to
the British 'criminal class'; use of convict labour for the establishment of the
colony through public works; and secondary punishment for re-offending
convicts.

Cockatoo Island is of outstanding importance to the nation as a site of severe
punishment. The level of severity is expressed through the policy to extend
convicts with 'no indulgence beyond the strict Government ration'. The
fundamental purpose of Cockatoo Island was to be the worst possible place
imaginable and the ultimate deterrent and is a fine example as a symbol of the
harsh treatment used to deter the 'criminal class' in Britain. Fitzroy Dock and its
associated excavation and buildings are outstanding examples of the use of
convict and prisoner labour for public works. The underground silos, remaining
evidence from quarrying and the group of convict built structures on the island
are also a testament to public works undertaken by the convicts. Although
convicts under various sentences ended up at Cockatoo Island, it was established
specifically as, and primarily was a place of secondary punishment for re-
offending convicts.

Cockatoo Island critically represents the principal characteristics of a dual use
convict site, one that both incarcerates convicts and provides them with hard
labour.

Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area—Heritage Management Plan, April 2016

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Criterion Values

(d) continued The values expressed at Cockatoo Island are important for their ability to
demonstrate the function, planning layout and architectural idiom and
principal characteristics of an imperial convict public works establishment of
the 1840s; and the functions, planning layout and architectural idiom and
principal characteristics of a range of structures and facilities associated with
the development and processes of the dockyard and shipbuilding industry
over a period of 134 years.

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NEW SOUTH WALES

Parramatta City

Old Government House and the Government Domain:

About 50ha, O'Connell Street, Parramatta, comprising all that part of Parramatta Park and Old
Government House, as entered in the New South Wales Heritage Register on 2 April 1999, that
is located to the north of the Great Western Railway Line and to the south and west of the right
bank of the Parramatta River.

Criterion Values

(a) the placehas Old Government House and the former Government Domain in Parramatta Park
outstanding heritage provides a most significant tangible link with the earliest days of the