Do you know if Tasmania was settled mainly by convicts and their guards or was it settled by free settlers? Tasmania is a beautiful though harsh land! It's History is replete with crime ...

was a familiar sound for the residents of Port Arthur in Australia’s island state of Tasmania. The place was once known for being a penal settlement, where convicts were transported to by the ...

With government ineffectiveness and an increase in both white and black lawlessness, the problem of where and how to house convicts was significant. Initially, some states paid private contractors ...

Harsh punishments were used to ensure convicts in the colony followed the rules. Those who broke rules would be flogged with 25, 50 or even 100 lashes. In Port Arthur, Tasmania, convicts were ...

The Tasmanian replica tall ship, based on a 1800s ship pivotal to Hobart's colonial settlement, set sail with an all-female crew to celebrate this weekend's International Women's Day.

Australia was a British penal colony between 1788 and 1868 and over 160,000 convicts were 'transported' here. Learn about these child convicts, why they were transported, how they lived in the colony ...