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As an example, three different ships called 'Mary' were sent to Australia with convicts and although the first two vessels only made one voyage each, the last one made five. In some cases, extra confusion arises when two ships with the same name were in active service at the same time.
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Convicts sent to Western Australia were sentenced to terms of 6, 7, 10, 14 and 15 years and some reports suggest that their literacy rate was around 75% as opposed to 50% for those sent to NSW and Tasmania. About a third of the convicts left the Swan River Colony after serving their time.
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Convicts in Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, large numbers of convicts were transported to the various Australian penal colonies by the British government, many for petty crimes they were driven to commit...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convicts_in_Australia
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Sir Joseph Banks had sailed with Cook and he suggested to the British Government that convicts could be sent to Botany Bay ... Have you ever wondered why so many convicts were sent out to Australia?
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www.angelfire.com/ab2/literacy/trans.html
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WHY WERE CONVICTS SENT TO AUSTRALIA? ... From 1788 until 1852, the British sent criminals to Australia for punishment. The new country was built with forced labor. Free settlers were soon arriving also, to seek their fortune—especially after gold was discovered in 1851...
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In Reply to: CONVICTS SENT TO AUSTRALIA by Sarah Wheeler ... hi Sarah, I am also researching a convict called Dodd- Samuel Dodd.(John Morgan alias Samuel Dodd.) He was using the name Dodd before he left England and used this name in Australia.All his children were called Dodd.
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Web Sites for Genealogists ... Convicts Australia by Jenny Fawcett offers access to many useful online convict indexes. It is no longer being maintained as it was superseded by the Genseek Genealogy site which is currently not available.
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www.coraweb.com.au/convict.htm
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Life & style ... If the British had not sent convicts to Australia in 1788, what would have happened there?; Name: Home town: Country: Email: Your answer:
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More than 200 years since the first boatload of English convicts reached our shores, overcrowded British jails are once again considering sending their ... The Daily Telegraph reports that Australia's High Commissioner to the UK Richard Alston acknowledged the prospect of accepting UK prisoners at a recent function.
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