Australia was a British penal colony between 1788 and 1868 and over 160,000 convicts were 'transported' here. Learn about these child convicts, why they were transported, how they lived in the colony ...

Australia was a British penal colony between 1788 and 1868 and over 160,000 convicts were 'transported' here. Learn about these child convicts, why they were transported, how they lived in the colony ...

These are the haunting faces of South Australia’s rich criminal history. From murder and theft to the “crime” of fortune-telling, delve into these fascinating records of our villainous past. His ...

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The handwritten account of the people – and sheep – living around Sydney in 1800 is a fascinating snapshot of early colonial ...

Angela Woollacott, author of Settler Society in the Australian Colonies: Self-Government and Imperial Culture ... impacts and the legacies left by more than one million transported penal workers.’ ...

The first unofficial All-Australian team was selected in 1947 by Sporting Life magazine, with the publication naming an unofficial composite best team of players from around the country each year ...

Transport tells the story of the impoverished Irish women and young girls (the so- called "undesirables") who were deported on The Whisper, a prison ship, to the Australian penal colonies.

The Australian Open is the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, taking place from mid to late January in Melbourne. Dubbed today as the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific, the event’s history dates ...

The plaque in Plymouth pays tribute to the Tolpuddle Martyrs who were sent to an Australian penal colony after having sworn secret oaths to form a trade union. Four of the workers returned to the ...

Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony by a court in Russia in August US basketball player Brittney Griner has been sent to a Russian penal colony in a remote region south ...