Dictionary of Sydney

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Maclean, Harold

Public servant who, as New South Wales sheriff and comptroller-general of prisons, was instrumental in reforming many inhumane conditions in the prison system and defending the rights of prisoners.

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Born
14 May 1828
Arrived Sydney
1837
Died
06 Nov 1889
Buried
07 Nov 1889
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