The convicts were most commonly punished by being placed on reduced rations, meaning they were given less food, or certain privileges such as tobacco, tea or sugar were withdrawn.
Sometimes, they were assigned to difficult work, such as the road gangs.
The Cat o' nine tails was a particularly vicious type of punishment. This was a whip with nine cords of leather, each of which had a metal triangle embedded in the end. A convict was given between 10 and 50 lashes (in some case more), and within just a few lashes, the flesh would be ripped out, sometimes to the point where the bone was exposed.
The First Fleet arrived in Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.
The man who led the First Fleet and established the colony at Sydney Cove was Captain Arthur Phillip.
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Many of the convicts believes that they could get to China from Sydney Cove. they were wrong, of course, but they were determined to push through the bush until tey got there. As a result, many perished in the bush, unused to the unfamiliar environment, and unable to survive. Some of the convicts felt defiant, and turned to bushranging. Others felt a sense of freedom - until they discovered there was simply nowhere to go, and turned themselves back in.
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About 732 convicts are catholic.
The first Australian settlement was restricted to what was then called Sydney Cove. This was in Port Jackson. There were no convicts at Botany Bay.
Because few officers and convicts had farming experience. They did not have experience of aboriginals
They sung... S.Y.D.N.E.Y i am Sydney till i die with a nick nack paddie wack give a dog a bone, Sydney is goNNA BRING IT HOME!
well if you are talking about the history times at Sydney cove then because the convicts could steal easily
John Cobley has written: 'Sydney Cove, 1789-1790' -- subject(s): History 'Sydney Cove, 1791-1792' -- subject(s): History 'The convicts, 1788-1792' -- subject(s): Exiles
Australia's first gaol was, theoretically, Sydney Cove. The settlement of Sydney in New South Wales was established as a penal colony and populated by convicts from britain.
1. They were hiding at work time. 2.They were hiding items. 3.They were stealing wine. 4.They were drunk.
Sir Henry Parkes had no influence in helping transport convicts to Australia. On the contrary, he was significant in stopping the transportation of convicts. For example, Parkes was one of the demonstrators who gathered at Sydney Cove in 1849 when the ship Hashemy arrived with more convicts.
Sydney Cove was named after the British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney.
they ate food
The convicts on the First Fleet lived primarily on the ships that carried them from England to Australia. Once they arrived, they were initially settled in makeshift tents and huts near Sydney Cove in an area that later became known as the Rocks.