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Prior to 1775, convicts were sent to parts of North America and the West Indies.
Transportation.
According to Charles Bateson's "Convict Ships", the total number of Australian convicts sent to Australia, all colonies included, from the time of the First Fleet to the end of Transportation, was 160,151.
Before 1775, Great Britain sent its convicts to parts of North America and the West Indies.
The first people sent to colonise Australia were convicts and the officers and marines sent to supervise them.
The figures for how many female convicts were sent to Australia vary from between 24 700 and 24 960.
why didnt many convicts return to England
There were no convicts sent to Darwin. Darwin was only established some time after transportation of convicts to Australia ceased.
Prior to the revolutionary war which formed the USA, another 60,000 convicts were sent to North America (some sources say 50,000). About 165,000 British convicts were transported to Australia between 1788 and 1868. British convicts were also sent to Canada, as well as to its outposts in India, the Cape of Good Hope, Bermuda and Mauritius. Figures for these convicts are unknown, particularly as some of them were then sent on to Australia.
The earliest convicts lived in tents and rough huts built from local timber, and later, stone buildings were constructed. Many convicts were sent to work for farmers and free settlers, and these people would provide their accommodation. From the 1820s, women convicts were housed at the Female Factory in Parramatta. This was a high, draughty, two-storey brick building.
The earliest convicts lived in tents and rough huts built from local timber, and later, stone buildings were constructed. Many convicts were sent to work for farmers and free settlers, and these people would provide their accommodation. From the 1820s, women convicts were housed at the Female Factory in Parramatta. This was a high, draughty, two-storey brick building.
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Prior to 1775, convicts were sent to parts of North America and the West Indies.
They were simply called "convicts".
The first convicts were sent to Australia on the First Fleet, which consisted of eleven ships. Subsequent convicts were also sent on ships, as that was the only method for transporting any cargo overseas. There were no aeroplanes.
Convicts were sent to Australia by England.
The earliest convicts lived in tents and rough huts built from local timber, and later, stone buildings were constructed. Many convicts were sent to work for farmers and free settlers, and these people would provide their accommodation. From the 1820s, women convicts were housed at the Female Factory in Parramatta. This was a high, draughty, two-storey brick building.