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Lashing, Flogging or Whipping - Female Convicts Although the type of lash used on Elizabeth Murphy is not recorded, the lash used at Port Arthur was the infamous ‘Cat-o’-nine-tails’ It was a wooden-handled whip with nine knotted whip cords, noted for its use on mariners, the Royal Navy and British Army long after its use at Port Arthur was discontinued
Cat o nine tails - Wikipedia The cat o' nine tails, commonly shortened to the cat, is a type of multi-tailed whip or flail It originated as an implement for physical punishment, particularly in the Royal Navy and British Army, and as a judicial punishment in Britain and some other countries Nineteenth-century cat o' nine tails, 97 centimetres (381⁄4 in) long, composed of nine lengths (approximately 46 centimetres or
A Flogging at Sea, 1839 - EyeWitness to History Flogging was a whipping using a cat-o'nine-tails - a diabolical device designed especially for its task The cat-o'nine-tails consisted of nine lengths of cord with each length containing up to three knots
Cat-o’-nine-tails - Museums of History NSW One of the most common forms of convict punishment was flogging (whipping) with a ‘cat-o’-nine-tails’, a whip named for the way it scratched the skin like the claws of a cat
Cat-o-nine-tails - Victoria, 1880s Leather and wooden cat-o'nine-tails The acquisition register indciates that it was for use on female convicts It was probably collected by a magistrate relative of the donor's family on his court circuit work along the Murray River in the 1880s, and would have been used before that date
Cat-o-Nine-Tails: The History and Significance Revealed The cat-o'-nine-tails has a dark yet fascinating history that intertwines with notions of punishment, discipline, and maritime tradition This infamous whip, characterized by its nine tailed cat design, has been employed for centuries as a tool of corporal punishment
‘Cat o’nine tails’. Understanding Slavery Initiative A cat o’nine tails is a whip with nine knotted lashes Its origin is believed to date back to ancient Egypt, where the domestic cat was sacred and, even then, was said to have nine lives
Why was Ann hurt? - State Library of New South Wales On 30 March 1789 Ann Martin was sentenced to 25 lashes, reduced from 30 lashes, for creating a disturbance at night Later in our convict history, female convicts would receive other punishments instead of flogging They could be put in solitary confinement and have only bread and water
Typha latifolia (Broadleaf Cattail, Bulrush, Cat-O-Nine-Tails, Common . . . Female flowers appear below the male flowers on the stalk Sword-like flat, gray-green, leaves with parallel veins arise from the plant base Leaves turn bright yellow in fall Can grow 5-8 feet tall and 3 4 to 1 5 inches wide Tall, erect, and unbranched with underground stems (rhizomes)