Red Post - the Australian Connection Magnet

Red Post - the Australian Connection Number of views as of 8th March 2018 = 800. A well-known local landmark on the A31 in Dorset, England, one of 3 red signposts in the county. Historical evidence indicates that the post was a marker or reference point for illiterate guards escorting prisoners from Dorchester prison to Portsmouth, from where they were transported to Botany Bay, Australia. Being unable to read, the guards used the distinctive sign as an indicator to nearby Botany Bay Farm, where prisoners were held overnight in a barn, which was destroyed by fire in the 1930s. Date: 10th October 2010. Click here to view my signs collection.