For decades, the clanking of prison shackles, mingling with the usual din of the town, was a familiar sound for the residents of Port Arthur in Australia’s island state of Tasmania. The place ...

Being a convict at an Australian penal colony in the 19th century was a harrowing experience. Once there, convicts often came up with imaginative and, sometimes desperate, ways to try and escape ...

From former penal colonies to quarantine centres that housed the sick and dying and grisly murder locations, Australia's post ...

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 ...

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 ...