to populate the colony. many woman prisoners were sent as well as men
prisoners were sent there
Prisoners were sent to Australia from England.
They sent those who didn't convert to Australia as prisoners during the dark ages.
Convicts were sent to Australia by England.
The British put their prisoners there.
Britain
Australia was originally set up as a penal colony where Britain sent prisoners.
Convicts originally come from Australia, the term was used to refer to the prisoners who were sent there from the 18th to the early 20th century as part of the British colonial practice of penal transportation.
Australia was originally established as a convict colony. Prisoners from Britain were sent to New South Wales, the site of the first European settlement in Australia, in 1788.
Australia
yes,Australia was founded as a giant prison, also known as a penal colony. In 1788, England sent its first shipload of prisoners.