Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Convicts etc.
- Paragraph One
- The convicts were treated as
slaves/prisoners.
- They had time
restraints for their day.
- Sent to Australia to work as a
punishment for crimes that had been
conditioned.
- Forced to do hard labour.
- Rations.
- Made to work for the British government.
- Paragraph Two
- Conditions in Australia were more
productive than the conditions they
faced in England.
- In gaol cells in England, overcrowded and
riddled with disease.
- England had high levels of poverty.
- They had the ability to utilise their skills.
- They would not be so easily
susceptible to hangings etc.
- Paragraph Three
- The convicts were granted opportunities to
redeem themselves in the eyes of society.
- They were often
granted plots of land to
cultivate and live on.
- After a certain period of time, they could
be granted pardons or have the option to
bring their families out to Australia.
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