Around 1,800 artefacts were found beneath the Officers Mess building at the barracks
The site was likely a cobbler's and tailor's workshop before the barracks building was built in 1827
Despite the many period TV shows, not a lot is known about how people were dressed in the early colonial days, according to archaeologist Jennifer Jones-Travers
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Around 1,800 artefacts were found beneath the Officers Mess building at the barracks
The site was likely a cobbler's and tailor's workshop before the barracks building was built in 1827
Despite the many period TV shows, not a lot is known about how people were dressed in the early colonial days, according to archaeologist Jennifer Jones-Travers