Convicts of the First Fleet: Sent to a New Land
- ISBN-10
- 1742456685
- ISBN-13
- 9781742456683
- Category
- Australia
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Authors
- Margaret McPhee, Australian Geographic
Description
In Britain in 1787, prisons were overflowing with lawbreakers and troublemakers. It was decided that the newly-discovered land of New South Wales should be established as a penal colony, and thousands of convicts were shipped around the world.
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