Dial "Down Under" Acquired by Historical Museum Print
Posted: Monday, 05 December 2011 06:43
nass_news_2011_dec_cohen_2nass_news_2011_dec_cohen_1The words “sundial” and “convict” are not often used in the same context, but that is the situation in Port Macquarie, Australia when a vintage sundial made around 1840 was put on permanent display at the Port Macquarie Historical Museum.  The dial was made by colonial engraver Raphael Clint and was once owned by Danial Cohen, who, convicted in 1830 of receiving stolen property in Lancaster, was sent to Port Macquarie, a penal colony at the time.
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