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The conditions were harsh, but largely depended on the colony to which they were sent. For example, Captain Logan, the first Governor of the Moreton Bay colony dealt particularly harshly in matters of discipline (and earned an untimely death via murder as a result). Punishment might have involved loss or reduction of rations or tobacco, while harsher punishments involved a lashing with the cat-o'-nine-tails, a cruel leather whip with 9 "tails", each with a sharp piece of metal in the end, which would gouge out the skin. A convict might receive 40 lashes or more.
A convict's nationality had a bit to do with how he or she was treated. The Irish were usually political convicts, and as such were suppressed more harshly than the British. Reverend Samuel Marsden, the "flogging parson" earned his nickname because he was determined to beat the Irish people's rebellion out of them.
Some convicts were assigned as servants to free settlers, and again, some settlers would treat them well, but others would treat them badly. Some convicts earned enough trust and respect to be given a Ticket-of-Leave, which enabled them to move freely within the colony, but they were not truly free until they gained a Free Pardon. They could work at their own jobs or be trained in a trade. After this, they might be assigned some land of their own to farm, or even have earned enough to purchase their own property.
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What group of people was brought from great Britain to live in Australia?
Convicts, vagabonds.. but primarily convicts, as Australia was originally used as a penal colony.
How did convicts live in Victorian times?
well convicts didn't really live in England back in the victrian times they were set to Australia.
What did the convicts of Western Australia do in 1829?
There were no convicts in Western Australia in 1829. The first convicts in Western Australia only arrived in 1850.
What did convicts live in on Australia?
tents and small houses made out of the wood they could find from tree's
What was the year when convicts first came to Australia?
Convicts first arrived in Australia in January 1788.
How did the convicts travel to Australia?
There was only one way for convicts to travel to Australia, and that was by way of wooden ships.
where were convicts transported to?
Australia.
What were the convicts collectively called that were sent to Australia?
They were simply called "convicts".
When did the transportation of convicts to Australia end?
Western Australia was the last of the states to have convicts. The last convict ship to Western Australia, the Hougoumont, left Britain in 1867 and arrived in Western Australia on 10 January 1868. Transportation of convicts to Australia ceased after this.
Did South Australia use convicts for labor?
No. South Australia was the only Australian state to never use convicts for labour.
What England bring to Australia?
CONVICTS
What fleet carried convicts to Australia?
The First Fleet carried the first group of convicts to Australia. It was followed later by the Second and Third fleets, but after that, shiploads of convicts sailed independently or in pairs.
