Convict Australia
The transportation of convicts to Australia: why they were sent, what life was like, and how convicts shaped the colonies.
Key Questions
- 1Why were convicts transported to Australia?
- 2What was life like for convicts in the early colonies?
- 3How did convicts contribute to building colonial Australia?
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