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... crime . The government sought to combat the crime rate by increasingly severe punishments for more and more crimes . In the late eighteenth century , over 200 crimes were punishable by death . They included murder and treason - but also ...
... crime . The government sought to combat the crime rate by increasingly severe punishments for more and more crimes . In the late eighteenth century , over 200 crimes were punishable by death . They included murder and treason - but also ...
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... crimes ; in May a boy of seventeen was executed for stealing goods valued at five shillings . ' Exemplary punishments ' , Captain Collins of the marines commented , ' seemed about this time to be growing daily more necessary . Stock was ...
... crimes ; in May a boy of seventeen was executed for stealing goods valued at five shillings . ' Exemplary punishments ' , Captain Collins of the marines commented , ' seemed about this time to be growing daily more necessary . Stock was ...
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... crime rate was double that of England - children were ' to escape from a measure of contamination ... from .. convict servants ? ' In 1851 the League's arguments against transportation were strengthened by the discovery of gold in ...
... crime rate was double that of England - children were ' to escape from a measure of contamination ... from .. convict servants ? ' In 1851 the League's arguments against transportation were strengthened by the discovery of gold in ...
Contents
Penal Settlement to Pastoral Colony | 14 |
Assisted Passages | 25 |
Convicts and Settlers | 38 |
Copyright | |
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acres of land Adelaide agricultural arrived assisted emigration Bay of Islands became began Botany Bay Britain British emigrants British government brought bush Canterbury Captain Caroline Chisholm cattle colonists colony Company's convict labourers crimes decided despatched Diemen's Land diggers diggings England established ex-convicts families farmers farming Fleet flocks free settlers gaol Godley gold gold-fields gold-rush Governor grant grazing land harbour Hobart Hokianga immigrants Kororareka land sales large numbers later licence living Macarthur Macquarie Maori chiefs Maoris Melbourne ment miles million acres missionaries months native nearly Nelson Norfolk Island north island officers Otago paupers penal settlement pioneers population Port Jackson Port Nicholson Port Phillip punishment rations returned sailed scheme selected sent settle sheep shillings ships soil soldiers soon South Australia South Wales Corps squatters supplies Swan River Sydney systematic colonization Taranaki town trade transportation Van Diemen's Land Victoria Wakefield week West Coast whalers women wrote Zealand Company