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The Convicts sent to Australia were transported from Britain - however many of the convicts transported to Port Arthur in Tasmania (an Australian State) were American soldiers captured by the British during the war of independence.
Many convicts had been sentenced to transportation to the Virginian plantations but this was not carried out because of the war of Independence and they were held in prison hulks until a new location for them could be found. Convicts were mostly sent to America before the war of Independence but were also sent to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Africa. A small number of emancipated convicts were sent to New Zealand - they were all boys. In earlier times there were instances of educated men transporting themselves to nearby France by their own means and thereby avoiding the pentlay of death which was typically commuted to transportation for educated men (called Benefit of Clergy)
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What group of people was brought from great Britain to live in Australia?
Convicts, vagabonds.. but primarily convicts, as Australia was originally used as a penal colony.
How did convicts live in Victorian times?
well convicts didn't really live in England back in the victrian times they were set to Australia.
What did the convicts of Western Australia do in 1829?
There were no convicts in Western Australia in 1829. The first convicts in Western Australia only arrived in 1850.
What did convicts live in on Australia?
tents and small houses made out of the wood they could find from tree's
What was the year when convicts first came to Australia?
Convicts first arrived in Australia in January 1788.
How did the convicts travel to Australia?
There was only one way for convicts to travel to Australia, and that was by way of wooden ships.
where were convicts transported to?
Australia.
When did the transportation of convicts to Australia end?
Western Australia was the last of the states to have convicts. The last convict ship to Western Australia, the Hougoumont, left Britain in 1867 and arrived in Western Australia on 10 January 1868. Transportation of convicts to Australia ceased after this.
What were the convicts collectively called that were sent to Australia?
They were simply called "convicts".
Did South Australia use convicts for labor?
No. South Australia was the only Australian state to never use convicts for labour.
What England bring to Australia?
CONVICTS
What fleet carried convicts to Australia?
The First Fleet carried the first group of convicts to Australia. It was followed later by the Second and Third fleets, but after that, shiploads of convicts sailed independently or in pairs.
