Australia.
Convicts were first transported to Australia's eastern coast in 1788.
to make Australia cleaner.
Convicts stopped being transported to Australia in 1865.There are prisoners, however, which are quite different to convicts.
There was only one way to transport anyone to Australia in colonial times, and that was by large ship.
Convicts to Australia were transported for seven years, fourteen years, twenty-one years or the term of their natural life.
It seems that they they did relatively well on the First Fleet. However the same can not be said for the many convicts transported to Australia after that.
Convict transportation to Australia ended when the last convict ship left Britain in 1867 and arrived in Australia on 10 January 1868. Sources vary, but the total number of convicts transported to Australia between those years is estimated to have been around 162,000. Figures vary from 157,000 to 165,000.
Around the time of the first fleet, 1788, sentences for convicts were usually for 7 or 14 years. Severe cases were transported to Australia "for the term of their natural life" . However, many convicts stayed in Australia life as they built entirely new lives in Australia. Opportunities for pardoned convicts were very good, and many went on to become leaders in the new, young colony.
Australia does not have any type of "Thanksgiving Day". Remember that Australia was settled by convicts, and they were not exactly thankful about being transported thousands of miles from their homeland.
53 fleets were sent from Britain to Australia. these fleets transported a figure of around 162, 000 women and men convicts.
As a guide: from 1788 to 1840, about 24960 female convicts were transported to Australia. It is harder to find figures between 1840 and 1868, when transportation ceased. _____ The last transport to bring convicts to Australia landed at Fremantle on the 10th of January, 1868. During the period of transportation, the approximate number of convicts has been 160,500 of whom 24,700 were women.