10 True Tales of British Women Transported to Australia in Convict Ships

Between 1788 and 1869, around 164,000 convicted criminals were packed off to Australia under the terms of the British Government’s Transportation Act. Something like 25,000 of those who made the enforced journey to Australia were women. For those women, the grueling six-month voyage in dismal conditions was the prelude to a future they could only […]

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