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Convictism in Australia

  • Convicts in AustraliaBetween 1788 and 1868 the British penal system transported about 162,000 convicts from Great Britain and Ireland to various penal colonies in Australia.
  • Penal transportationIn the 5th century BC, Ancient Greece banished citizens from their polities as a form of punishment. This early practice laid the groundwork for what would…