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Convicts And Australia
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WHO WERE THE CONVICTS? WHAT SHORT AND LONG TERM CONTRIBUTION DID THEY MAKE TO AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY?"
During January 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip landed in New South Wales. Of the one thousand people who made the journey, roughly seven hundred were convicts, transported for various crimes, to aid in ....
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.... and character of the convicts themselves, has been the cause of a great deal of confusion. Many early accounts of Australian history, typified by traditionalist ideology, viewed the convicts as the lowest form of society, the dregs of humanity. Women were commonly referred to as 'damned whores' and the men as useless criminals . Traditionalist descriptions of the convicts characterized them as those who drank excessively, engaged in bouts of gambling, were violent, abusive and there was an u.... |
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