'Substantial amount of money' hidden at Port Arthur convicts' workshop | ABC News

Prisoners at historic Port Arthur were not allowed to carry money. So how did a pile of silver shillings worth about a week's salary for a prison officer end up buried under a convict blacksmith site?

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