Location: St. Helena Island, Queensland

Description: The tailors’ workshop where prison uniforms, police uniforms and any other necessary sewing was done by the convicts. Notice the tailors on the side benches are all sitting cross-legged with the material to be sewn lying across their knees. This was the position used by all tailors in the days of hand tailoring. (Description supplied with photograph.)

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