The majority of the early convicts sent to Australia were harmless petty thieves, and political prisoners. It was only after the first few fleets that more violent criminals began to be transported as well, in the early 1800s.
Convicts were sent to Australia by England.
They were simply called "convicts".
There were no convicts sent to Darwin. Darwin was only established some time after transportation of convicts to Australia ceased.
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.
No. The English also sent convicts to Australia, but they stopped doing that and started sending them to Australia because America became an independent nation.
Criminals were not sent to Australia in 1900. Transportation of convicts was abolished in Australia in the 1848.
why didnt many convicts return to England
Transportation.
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 first people sent to colonise Australia were convicts and the officers and marines sent to supervise them.
It was a rebellion of convicts sent to Australia
It was a rebellion of convicts sent to Australia