Australian Convicts

By TaylarJayde

  • First Fleet arrives at Botony Bay

    On 18 January 1788 the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay, which Joseph Banks had declared suitable for a penal colony after he returned from a journey there in 1770.

  • The fleet then relocated to Port Jackson

    The fleet then relocated to Port Jackson

  • British flag at Sydney Cove

    Phillip raises the British flag at Sydney Cove.

  • More of the Convict Fleets arrive

  • Even more Convicts Fleets arrive

  • The first free settlers arrive

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    Ticket of leave

    Govenor George First issued tickets of leave to any convicts who seemed able to support themselves in order to save on providing food from the government store. (Default date)
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    Transportation to Tasmania

    In the 50 years of transportation to Tasmania there were around 75,000 convicts transported. Thats nearly half of the total population of convicts that were sentence to imprisment in Australia.

  • Convicts were seen as a source of labour to advance and develop the British colony

    From 1810, convicts were seen as a source of labour to advance and develop the British colony. Convict labour was used to develop the public facilities of the colonies - roads, causeways, bridges, courthouses and hospitals. Convicts also worked for free settlers and small land holders.

  • Redcliffe established

    In 1824, the penal colony at Redcliffe was established by Lieutenant John Oxley.

  • Van Diemen's Land

    The colony of Van Diemen's Land was established in its own right in 1825

  • Women as convicts

    Twenty per cent of these first convicts were women. Many free women seeking employment, were sent to the 'female factories' as unassigned women. The Parramatta Factory grew as an enclave for pregnant women and also served as an orphanage from the 1830s. (default date)

  • New South Wales says no.

    Transportation to the colony of New South Wales was offically abolished on October the 1st 1850.

  • Last shipment

    When the last shipment of convicts left in Western Australia in 1868, the total number of transported convicts stood at around approximately 162,000 men and women. They were transported here on 806 ships. 806 ships! imagine how long it would of took if the first fleet of ships took 8 months. (default date)

  • Australia's last convict ship

    On January 9, 1868, Australia's last convict ship arrived with 269 convicts.