There was only one way for convicts to travel to Australia, and that was by way of wooden ships.
There were no convicts in Western Australia in 1829. The first convicts in Western Australia only arrived in 1850.
Convicts first arrived in Australia in January 1788.
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They were simply called "convicts".
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.
No. South Australia was the only Australian state to never use convicts for labour.
CONVICTS
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.
Convicts stopped being transported to Australia in 1865.There are prisoners, however, which are quite different to convicts.
Great Britain originally colonised Australia with convicts. Thus, Australia was founded by convicts, marines and officers from England.
why didnt many convicts return to England
Western Australia was the last state in Australia to receive convicts. New South Wales had abolished transportation of convicts in 1840.The last convict ship, the "Hougoumont", left Britain in 1867 and arrived in Australia on 10 January 1868.