Cramped conditions, limited daily exercise on deck when weather permitted, salt meat, bread and water diet.
Life on the ship was hard, difficult and stressful. Whoever died was thrown off the ship, especially with the major diseases.
he arrived on the convict ship the 'Calcutta"
Records do not show the name of the ship on which William Buckley, the convict, sailed to Australia. He was not, however, on the First Fleet.
The convict served his sentence on the ship as a form of punishment or transportation to a penal colony. They would often perform manual labor, such as cleaning the decks, cooking, or working in the ship's crew.
Conditions were terrible and many died on the journey. Conditions were cramped and prisoners were chained up for the entire journey.
1868 the ship was sent to westen australia
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Hardship
Western Australia was the final state to be using convict labour. The last convict ship to Australia, the Hougoumont, left Britain in 1867 and arrived in Western Australia on 10 January 1868.
The convict knew the other man.
2 battleships 3 supply ships and 6 convict ships
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