Conditions were terrible and many died on the journey. Conditions were cramped and prisoners were chained up for the entire journey.
Cramped conditions, limited daily exercise on deck when weather permitted, salt meat, bread and water diet.
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.
The first convict ship, the "Mariner," arrived at Moreton Bay in Australia on September 15, 1824. This marked the establishment of a penal settlement in the area, which was intended to relieve overcrowding in other colonies. The settlement was operational until 1839, when it was closed due to various challenges, including the harsh conditions and difficulties in managing the convicts.
1868 the ship was sent to westen australia
Life on the ship was hard, difficult and stressful. Whoever died was thrown off the ship, especially with the major diseases.
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.
Conditions for convict women were not pleasant. The women were subject to be used promiscuously by the sailors, but in many cases they were quite willing to sell themselves for a bit of extra food.
2 battleships 3 supply ships and 6 convict ships
it wasn't very nice, smelly and really dirty