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EPISODE · Nov 30, 2009 · 48 MIN

Transportation to Australia

from The National Archives Podcast Series · host Roger Kershaw

Over 162,000 British and Irish convicts were transported to Australia between 1787 and 1868. This talk explores the reasons behind the policy of transportation and looks at the experiences of the people who were shipped beyond the seas, using case studies from the archives.

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