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Monds Roller Mills

            It tells us something significant of the times to know that Thomas Monds was the son of a convict. When a convict (who had been transported from Britain in the early 19th century - very often as a life sentence) was released from his imprisonment, he was enititled to a "Ticket of Leave". 

A Ticket of Leave was a document of parole issued to convicts who had shown they could now be trusted with some freedoms. In many cases these former convicts ended up becoming important figures in the development of Australia. One of the most famous is the former forger Francis Greenway of Old Sydney Town, who became one of the colony's finest architects under Governor Macquarie.

We don't know much about Thomas Monds senior, but we do know that his son became one of the most successful businessmen in colonial Van Dieman's Land, and that the company he built still runs to this day in Launceston. To me, that highlights a capacity for forgiveness that we rarely see even today. Most former prisoners today struggle to even get work. And what a waste this is to our society!

PHOTO NOTE: There's a lot of foliage in this shot, but in the left-hand foreground you will note some extremely healthy blackberry bushes. There are quite a few tasty blackberries amid the thorns.

Taken in: Australia / Tasmania / Carrick (show map)

Taken on: February 8, 2020

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