A convict ship, as used to convey convicts to the Australian colonies, were ordinary British merchant ships as seen in ports around the world at that time. There was no ship specifically built as a convict vessel. There was no ship engaged exclusively for convict transportation use, all being used for general cargo, or passenger transport, at various times.
Vessels chartered for convict transport were mainly square rigged ships or barques, with the exception of a few brigs, the majority being small to moderate tonnage. The fees paid to the ship owners were so low that only the worst and most decrepit ships were utilised.
English Parliamentary records indicate that the average rate paid by the Government to hire a ship for convict service in 1816 was £6 1s 9d per vessel ton, with tonnages typically between 372 to 584.
Floating Hell - Life on Board a Victorian Prison Hulk (Convict Ships in the 1800s)
Imagine being imprisoned on a dirty old ship in the 1800s for months or years with terrible food. The 18th and 19th Centuries saw Britain fight numerous wars and, with civilian jails on land overcrowded with prisoners, the government put convicts on old ships called hulks. They became widespread up to the Victorian era and could be found in ports throughout Britain, Australia, Gibraltar and the Caribbean. This is a genuine account of prison life and the convicts aboard on old ship on the River Thames in the 1850s, by a Victorian journalist. Prisoners had a hard life with no rest from work, cleaning and hard labour - except in sickness or death.
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published: 13 Aug 2023
Victorian Convict Ships and Brutal Punishment (Hard Labour on the 1800s Hulks)
Life as a convict on an 1800s prison ship was brutal – and hard labour even worse. Squalid and overcrowded conditions, inadequate food and punishment for ill behaviour were bad enough. But being aboard these Victorian 'hulks,' as they were called, was only half the story of misery awaiting a man condemned to be interred on these decommissioned old war ships on the River Thames. Punishment, if your body could take it, was hard labour as well.
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published: 01 Oct 2023
Convict History: The Ship That Never Was | Discover Tasmania
Meet passionate local thespian Kiah Davey. She's spent the past 20 years performing in Australia's longest running play. Originally written by her late father, Kiah proudly retells the story of 'The Ship That Never Was', at the Visitor Centre amphitheater in the gorgeous village of Strahan on Tasmania's west coast. See the harrowing true account of the great convict escape from Sarah Island, brought to life in this humorous and engaging play. The play is based on a real event in 1834 when the last ship built at the convict settlement in Macquarie Harbour was about to sail for the new prison at Port Arthur but was hijacked by ten convict shipwrights. So begins the story of an amazing escape, an extraordinary voyage and an intriguing twist in the tale of 'The Ship That Never Was'.
By day, ...
published: 26 Feb 2016
What Actually Happened To Prisoners Sent To Australia?
In the early 1800's England would send convicts on a treacherous journey by sea to Australia. Those that survived the trip were put to work in the fields and do manual labor as part of their prison sentence. Australia turned out to be one of the most brutal places to settle and made lives for prisoners nearly unlivable.
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Convict descendants – The Voyage (convict transportation to Australia)
Descendants of convicts discuss their ancestors and how discovering their stories provides historical context about their life and the times and places they lived.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages. Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
published: 27 Nov 2015
History of Convict Australia - Full Documentary
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Around the turn of the 19th century, large numbers of convicts were transported to the various Australian penal colonies, due to the overcrowding of British Prisons.
published: 21 Nov 2015
The Historians – The Voyage (convict transportation to Australia)
Some of Australia’s leading convict historians dispel some of the myths about the voyages and convict life in general.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages. Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
published: 27 Nov 2015
Mystery of John Hudson Youngest Convict Transported to Australia Criminals Cut-throats & Convicts
#Mystery #History #Australia #Convict #Sydney #OldBailey
John Hudson was the youngest convict to be transported to Australia in the first fleet. Tried at only 9 years old at the Old Bailey, London.
A Chimney Sweep accused of stealing, he spent years in a hulk before boarding the Convict Ship Friendship.
Once in Australia we follow a short trail of his movements, Including on board the HMS Sirius that crashed and sunk off the coast of Norfolk Island, before he disappears forever.
With no money to return to England and no marriage or death records for him in Australia.
Was he Murdered? Did he meet with foul play? We may never know..
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"Criminals, Cut-Throats & Convicts"
This is John's story, although more of a mystery that leaves us with more questions t...
published: 27 Sep 2021
Women & children – The Voyage (convict transportation to Australia)
Convict historians talk about the experience of women and children convicts in Australia.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages.
Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
published: 27 Nov 2015
Life Aboard the Convict Ships 1787-1868
Charles Bateson's "The Convict Ships" is a classic, and is a must for everyone researching their Australian convict ancestors.
It gives details on the how, when and why of convict transport. Without listing individual convicts, it gives information on the ships, the voyages, the prison quarters, the meals, the rules onboard, transport to and from the ship and plently more in 440 pages.
It also includes a comprehensive appendix listing every convict ship sent to Australia, along with with the Captain, the Surgeon the dates and numbers of prisoners on each.
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Imagine being imprisoned on a dirty old ship in the 1800s for months or years with terrible food. The 18th and 19th Centuries saw Britain fight numerous wars an...
Imagine being imprisoned on a dirty old ship in the 1800s for months or years with terrible food. The 18th and 19th Centuries saw Britain fight numerous wars and, with civilian jails on land overcrowded with prisoners, the government put convicts on old ships called hulks. They became widespread up to the Victorian era and could be found in ports throughout Britain, Australia, Gibraltar and the Caribbean. This is a genuine account of prison life and the convicts aboard on old ship on the River Thames in the 1850s, by a Victorian journalist. Prisoners had a hard life with no rest from work, cleaning and hard labour - except in sickness or death.
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▶️ Victorian Convict Ships and Brutal Punishment (Hard Labour on the 1800s): https://youtu.be/uaZegy_MINs
▶️ Victorian Criminal Underworld: https://youtu.be/i9oOoGkE_Hs
▶️ Victorian London's Street Criminals: https://youtu.be/-iLy6_2gtgE
▶️ Victorian London's Police Court and Crazy Criminals: https://youtu.be/_Fcwk9fhJ6c
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▶️ Worst Jobs in Victorian History (Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj4UEBwfRdQFuMBSqHIwzwZJ
▶️ Victorian workhouses (Playlist):
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▶️ American Slums and Tenements (Playlist):
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CC BY - TCL Rowbotham Shipping at Deptford 1840, Hospital-ship 'The Dreadnought,' A small rowing boat is taking people to a prison ship, The Society of Friends soup kitchen Manchester 1862 by Wellcome Collection; HMS Victory hammocks by Mike Prince from Bangalore, India; Portsmouth HMS Victory (Deck) by xmax
CC BY-SA - Bell on the bow of the MV TUSTUMENA in Sand Point, Alaska, with build date “1964” by Gordon Leggett; Closeup of an inmate's shackled hands (handcuffs on a martin link belly chain) by Rainerzufall1234; Contemporary model of a British 70-gun 3rd rate ship of the line from 1725 counterposed to a 50-gun 4th rate ship of the line from 1715, to scale by Igor Zyx; División de las tropas by Oladelmar; Galley on HMS Victory by Chris Gilson; H.M.S. Trincomalee, Hartlepool Maritime Experience by Ian Petticrew via geograph.org; Medicines onboard HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard by The Wub; Model of HMS Discovery (1789) at the Vancouver Maritime Museum by The Highfinsperm Whale; Prison hulks in the Thames c.1814, England, painting by State Library of New South Wales; Reenactors in the uniform of the 33rd Regiment of Foot (Wellington's Redcoats), who fought in the Napoleonic Wars between 1812 and 1816 by Wyrdlight; The Carpenter's Workshop, HMS Victory, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard by Hugh Llewelyn; Video from Shire Hall Monmouth by Richard Symonds
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Imagine being imprisoned on a dirty old ship in the 1800s for months or years with terrible food. The 18th and 19th Centuries saw Britain fight numerous wars and, with civilian jails on land overcrowded with prisoners, the government put convicts on old ships called hulks. They became widespread up to the Victorian era and could be found in ports throughout Britain, Australia, Gibraltar and the Caribbean. This is a genuine account of prison life and the convicts aboard on old ship on the River Thames in the 1850s, by a Victorian journalist. Prisoners had a hard life with no rest from work, cleaning and hard labour - except in sickness or death.
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▶️ Victorian Convict Ships and Brutal Punishment (Hard Labour on the 1800s): https://youtu.be/uaZegy_MINs
▶️ Victorian Criminal Underworld: https://youtu.be/i9oOoGkE_Hs
▶️ Victorian London's Street Criminals: https://youtu.be/-iLy6_2gtgE
▶️ Victorian London's Police Court and Crazy Criminals: https://youtu.be/_Fcwk9fhJ6c
▶️ Where is Blackbeard's Treasure? (Pirates and Gold of the Caribbean): https://youtu.be/12s70UqvaaI
▶️ Criminal Past (Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj7L8CqIIm4UlEniX1Th2ipu
▶️ Victorian documentaries (Playlist):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj5Nupw8SGZGGfVGg1hWjN6z
▶️ Edwardian Documentaries (Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj4GekxnJ9dF4np2LakeH1LA
▶️ Worst Jobs in Victorian History (Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj4UEBwfRdQFuMBSqHIwzwZJ
▶️ Victorian workhouses (Playlist):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj6QXLujpK6VL5Rt6yoZT1Z4
▶️ American Slums and Tenements (Playlist):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj6UwyndGFjAEssjC0z4xXU_
Credits: Narration - markmanningmedia.com
CC BY - TCL Rowbotham Shipping at Deptford 1840, Hospital-ship 'The Dreadnought,' A small rowing boat is taking people to a prison ship, The Society of Friends soup kitchen Manchester 1862 by Wellcome Collection; HMS Victory hammocks by Mike Prince from Bangalore, India; Portsmouth HMS Victory (Deck) by xmax
CC BY-SA - Bell on the bow of the MV TUSTUMENA in Sand Point, Alaska, with build date “1964” by Gordon Leggett; Closeup of an inmate's shackled hands (handcuffs on a martin link belly chain) by Rainerzufall1234; Contemporary model of a British 70-gun 3rd rate ship of the line from 1725 counterposed to a 50-gun 4th rate ship of the line from 1715, to scale by Igor Zyx; División de las tropas by Oladelmar; Galley on HMS Victory by Chris Gilson; H.M.S. Trincomalee, Hartlepool Maritime Experience by Ian Petticrew via geograph.org; Medicines onboard HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard by The Wub; Model of HMS Discovery (1789) at the Vancouver Maritime Museum by The Highfinsperm Whale; Prison hulks in the Thames c.1814, England, painting by State Library of New South Wales; Reenactors in the uniform of the 33rd Regiment of Foot (Wellington's Redcoats), who fought in the Napoleonic Wars between 1812 and 1816 by Wyrdlight; The Carpenter's Workshop, HMS Victory, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard by Hugh Llewelyn; Video from Shire Hall Monmouth by Richard Symonds
#PrisonHulks #PrisonHulkShips #PrisonHulksOnTheRiverThames #PrisonHulkThames #PrisonShips #PrisonShipsVictorian #PrisonShipsVictorianEngland #BritishPrisonShips #PrisonShipsOnThe Thames #PrisonHulksMedway #FactFeast
Life as a convict on an 1800s prison ship was brutal – and hard labour even worse. Squalid and overcrowded conditions, inadequate food and punishment for ill b...
Life as a convict on an 1800s prison ship was brutal – and hard labour even worse. Squalid and overcrowded conditions, inadequate food and punishment for ill behaviour were bad enough. But being aboard these Victorian 'hulks,' as they were called, was only half the story of misery awaiting a man condemned to be interred on these decommissioned old war ships on the River Thames. Punishment, if your body could take it, was hard labour as well.
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▶️ What did Victorians do with Bad Boys? (Floating Ships of Detention): https://youtu.be/xfk2dG74pgc
▶️ Floating Hell - Life on Board a Victorian Prison Hulk: https://youtu.be/vELzP35ycMY
▶️ Victorian Criminal Underworld: https://youtu.be/i9oOoGkE_Hs
▶️ Victorian London's Street Criminals: https://youtu.be/-iLy6_2gtgE
▶️ Victorian London's Police Court and Crazy Criminals: https://youtu.be/_Fcwk9fhJ6c
▶️ Where is Blackbeard's Treasure? (Pirates and Gold of the Caribbean): https://youtu.be/12s70UqvaaI
▶️ Criminal Past (Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj7L8CqIIm4UlEniX1Th2ipu
▶️ Victorian documentaries (Playlist):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj5Nupw8SGZGGfVGg1hWjN6z
▶️ Edwardian Documentaries (Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj4GekxnJ9dF4np2LakeH1LA
▶️ Worst Jobs in Victorian History (Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj4UEBwfRdQFuMBSqHIwzwZJ
▶️ Victorian workhouses (Playlist):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj6QXLujpK6VL5Rt6yoZT1Z4
▶️ American Slums and Tenements (Playlist):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj6UwyndGFjAEssjC0z4xXU_
Credits: Narration - markmanningmedia.com
CC BY - Coldbath Fields Prison, dormitory, A small rowing boat is taking people to a prison ship. Engraving by George Cooke after Samuel Prout by Wellcome Collection; Portsmouth HMS Victory (Rear) by xmax
CC BY-SA - Bell on the bow of the MV TUSTUMENA in Sand Point, Alaska, with build date “1964” by Gordon Leggett; A british cannon dated 3rd May 1851 inscribed with the monogram of Queen Victoria by Pratishkhedekar; Old Royal Military Academy, Royal Arsenal by Images George Rex; Prison hulks in the Thames c.1814, England painting by State Library of New South Wales; The Carpenter's Workshop, HMS Victory, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard by Hugh Llewelyn
#PrisonHulks #PrisonHulkShips #PrisonHulksOnTheRiverThames #PrisonHulkThames #PrisonShips #PrisonShipsVictorian #PrisonShipsVictorianEngland #BritishPrisonShips #PrisonShipsOnThe Thames #PrisonHulksMedway #FactFeast
Life as a convict on an 1800s prison ship was brutal – and hard labour even worse. Squalid and overcrowded conditions, inadequate food and punishment for ill behaviour were bad enough. But being aboard these Victorian 'hulks,' as they were called, was only half the story of misery awaiting a man condemned to be interred on these decommissioned old war ships on the River Thames. Punishment, if your body could take it, was hard labour as well.
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▶️ What did Victorians do with Bad Boys? (Floating Ships of Detention): https://youtu.be/xfk2dG74pgc
▶️ Floating Hell - Life on Board a Victorian Prison Hulk: https://youtu.be/vELzP35ycMY
▶️ Victorian Criminal Underworld: https://youtu.be/i9oOoGkE_Hs
▶️ Victorian London's Street Criminals: https://youtu.be/-iLy6_2gtgE
▶️ Victorian London's Police Court and Crazy Criminals: https://youtu.be/_Fcwk9fhJ6c
▶️ Where is Blackbeard's Treasure? (Pirates and Gold of the Caribbean): https://youtu.be/12s70UqvaaI
▶️ Criminal Past (Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj7L8CqIIm4UlEniX1Th2ipu
▶️ Victorian documentaries (Playlist):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj5Nupw8SGZGGfVGg1hWjN6z
▶️ Edwardian Documentaries (Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj4GekxnJ9dF4np2LakeH1LA
▶️ Worst Jobs in Victorian History (Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj4UEBwfRdQFuMBSqHIwzwZJ
▶️ Victorian workhouses (Playlist):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj6QXLujpK6VL5Rt6yoZT1Z4
▶️ American Slums and Tenements (Playlist):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLSSHJuYZhj6UwyndGFjAEssjC0z4xXU_
Credits: Narration - markmanningmedia.com
CC BY - Coldbath Fields Prison, dormitory, A small rowing boat is taking people to a prison ship. Engraving by George Cooke after Samuel Prout by Wellcome Collection; Portsmouth HMS Victory (Rear) by xmax
CC BY-SA - Bell on the bow of the MV TUSTUMENA in Sand Point, Alaska, with build date “1964” by Gordon Leggett; A british cannon dated 3rd May 1851 inscribed with the monogram of Queen Victoria by Pratishkhedekar; Old Royal Military Academy, Royal Arsenal by Images George Rex; Prison hulks in the Thames c.1814, England painting by State Library of New South Wales; The Carpenter's Workshop, HMS Victory, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard by Hugh Llewelyn
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Meet passionate local thespian Kiah Davey. She's spent the past 20 years performing in Australia's longest running play. Originally written by her late father, ...
Meet passionate local thespian Kiah Davey. She's spent the past 20 years performing in Australia's longest running play. Originally written by her late father, Kiah proudly retells the story of 'The Ship That Never Was', at the Visitor Centre amphitheater in the gorgeous village of Strahan on Tasmania's west coast. See the harrowing true account of the great convict escape from Sarah Island, brought to life in this humorous and engaging play. The play is based on a real event in 1834 when the last ship built at the convict settlement in Macquarie Harbour was about to sail for the new prison at Port Arthur but was hijacked by ten convict shipwrights. So begins the story of an amazing escape, an extraordinary voyage and an intriguing twist in the tale of 'The Ship That Never Was'.
By day, you can cruise up the stunning Gordon River and walk in the footsteps of these convicts on the very island where they lived, worked and escaped.
For more about The Ship That Never Was visit: https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/attraction/theshipthatneverwas
To find out more about Tasmania and things to do while you visit, check out our website at: https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/
Meet passionate local thespian Kiah Davey. She's spent the past 20 years performing in Australia's longest running play. Originally written by her late father, Kiah proudly retells the story of 'The Ship That Never Was', at the Visitor Centre amphitheater in the gorgeous village of Strahan on Tasmania's west coast. See the harrowing true account of the great convict escape from Sarah Island, brought to life in this humorous and engaging play. The play is based on a real event in 1834 when the last ship built at the convict settlement in Macquarie Harbour was about to sail for the new prison at Port Arthur but was hijacked by ten convict shipwrights. So begins the story of an amazing escape, an extraordinary voyage and an intriguing twist in the tale of 'The Ship That Never Was'.
By day, you can cruise up the stunning Gordon River and walk in the footsteps of these convicts on the very island where they lived, worked and escaped.
For more about The Ship That Never Was visit: https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/attraction/theshipthatneverwas
To find out more about Tasmania and things to do while you visit, check out our website at: https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/
In the early 1800's England would send convicts on a treacherous journey by sea to Australia. Those that survived the trip were put to work in the fields and do...
In the early 1800's England would send convicts on a treacherous journey by sea to Australia. Those that survived the trip were put to work in the fields and do manual labor as part of their prison sentence. Australia turned out to be one of the most brutal places to settle and made lives for prisoners nearly unlivable.
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In the early 1800's England would send convicts on a treacherous journey by sea to Australia. Those that survived the trip were put to work in the fields and do manual labor as part of their prison sentence. Australia turned out to be one of the most brutal places to settle and made lives for prisoners nearly unlivable.
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Descendants of convicts discuss their ancestors and how discovering their stories provides historical context about their life and the times and places they liv...
Descendants of convicts discuss their ancestors and how discovering their stories provides historical context about their life and the times and places they lived.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages. Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
Descendants of convicts discuss their ancestors and how discovering their stories provides historical context about their life and the times and places they lived.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages. Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
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Around the turn of the 19th century, large numbers of convicts were transported to the various Australian penal colonies, due to the overcrowding of British Prisons.
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Around the turn of the 19th century, large numbers of convicts were transported to the various Australian penal colonies, due to the overcrowding of British Prisons.
Some of Australia’s leading convict historians dispel some of the myths about the voyages and convict life in general.
This film provides background informatio...
Some of Australia’s leading convict historians dispel some of the myths about the voyages and convict life in general.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages. Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
Some of Australia’s leading convict historians dispel some of the myths about the voyages and convict life in general.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages. Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
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John Hudson was the youngest convict to be transported to Australia in the first fleet. Tried at only ...
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John Hudson was the youngest convict to be transported to Australia in the first fleet. Tried at only 9 years old at the Old Bailey, London.
A Chimney Sweep accused of stealing, he spent years in a hulk before boarding the Convict Ship Friendship.
Once in Australia we follow a short trail of his movements, Including on board the HMS Sirius that crashed and sunk off the coast of Norfolk Island, before he disappears forever.
With no money to return to England and no marriage or death records for him in Australia.
Was he Murdered? Did he meet with foul play? We may never know..
Haunted & Historic Australia present
"Criminals, Cut-Throats & Convicts"
This is John's story, although more of a mystery that leaves us with more questions than answers.
We hope you enjoyed this episode
Please stay tuned for many more,
Thank you
Haunted & Historic Australia
With Special Thanks to the following for invaluable information:
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/The-old-bailey.jsp
https://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/first-fleet/stories/
https://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/suttor_francis_bathurst
https://www.maritimequest.com/misc_pages/monuments_memorials/hms_sirius_memorials.htm
https://www.cityartsydney.com.au/artwork/sirius-anchor/
http://norfolkislandmuseum.com.au/collections/hms-sirius/
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/History-Boy-Chimney-Sweep/
https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-History-of-Children-at-Work-The-Poor-Life-of-An-Apprentice-Chimney-Sweep
https://nerdalicious.com.au/history/invasion-1788-the-destruction-and-death-of-the-old-australia-and-the-birth-of-a-brave-new-world/amp/
https://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/first-fleetfirst-fleet-convict-database/
#Mystery #History #Australia #Convict #Sydney #OldBailey
John Hudson was the youngest convict to be transported to Australia in the first fleet. Tried at only 9 years old at the Old Bailey, London.
A Chimney Sweep accused of stealing, he spent years in a hulk before boarding the Convict Ship Friendship.
Once in Australia we follow a short trail of his movements, Including on board the HMS Sirius that crashed and sunk off the coast of Norfolk Island, before he disappears forever.
With no money to return to England and no marriage or death records for him in Australia.
Was he Murdered? Did he meet with foul play? We may never know..
Haunted & Historic Australia present
"Criminals, Cut-Throats & Convicts"
This is John's story, although more of a mystery that leaves us with more questions than answers.
We hope you enjoyed this episode
Please stay tuned for many more,
Thank you
Haunted & Historic Australia
With Special Thanks to the following for invaluable information:
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/The-old-bailey.jsp
https://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/first-fleet/stories/
https://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/suttor_francis_bathurst
https://www.maritimequest.com/misc_pages/monuments_memorials/hms_sirius_memorials.htm
https://www.cityartsydney.com.au/artwork/sirius-anchor/
http://norfolkislandmuseum.com.au/collections/hms-sirius/
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/History-Boy-Chimney-Sweep/
https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-History-of-Children-at-Work-The-Poor-Life-of-An-Apprentice-Chimney-Sweep
https://nerdalicious.com.au/history/invasion-1788-the-destruction-and-death-of-the-old-australia-and-the-birth-of-a-brave-new-world/amp/
https://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/first-fleetfirst-fleet-convict-database/
Convict historians talk about the experience of women and children convicts in Australia.
This film provides background information about the Australian Nation...
Convict historians talk about the experience of women and children convicts in Australia.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages.
Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
Convict historians talk about the experience of women and children convicts in Australia.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages.
Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
Charles Bateson's "The Convict Ships" is a classic, and is a must for everyone researching their Australian convict ancestors.
It gives details on the how, wh...
Charles Bateson's "The Convict Ships" is a classic, and is a must for everyone researching their Australian convict ancestors.
It gives details on the how, when and why of convict transport. Without listing individual convicts, it gives information on the ships, the voyages, the prison quarters, the meals, the rules onboard, transport to and from the ship and plently more in 440 pages.
It also includes a comprehensive appendix listing every convict ship sent to Australia, along with with the Captain, the Surgeon the dates and numbers of prisoners on each.
More information:
https://www.gould.com.au/the-convict-ships-1787-1868/lahg001/
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Charles Bateson's "The Convict Ships" is a classic, and is a must for everyone researching their Australian convict ancestors.
It gives details on the how, when and why of convict transport. Without listing individual convicts, it gives information on the ships, the voyages, the prison quarters, the meals, the rules onboard, transport to and from the ship and plently more in 440 pages.
It also includes a comprehensive appendix listing every convict ship sent to Australia, along with with the Captain, the Surgeon the dates and numbers of prisoners on each.
More information:
https://www.gould.com.au/the-convict-ships-1787-1868/lahg001/
Gould Genealogy
https://www.facebook.com/GouldGenealogy
https://twitter.com/GouldGenealogy
https://www.instagram.com/gouldgenealogy/
Imagine being imprisoned on a dirty old ship in the 1800s for months or years with terrible food. The 18th and 19th Centuries saw Britain fight numerous wars and, with civilian jails on land overcrowded with prisoners, the government put convicts on old ships called hulks. They became widespread up to the Victorian era and could be found in ports throughout Britain, Australia, Gibraltar and the Caribbean. This is a genuine account of prison life and the convicts aboard on old ship on the River Thames in the 1850s, by a Victorian journalist. Prisoners had a hard life with no rest from work, cleaning and hard labour - except in sickness or death.
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Life as a convict on an 1800s prison ship was brutal – and hard labour even worse. Squalid and overcrowded conditions, inadequate food and punishment for ill behaviour were bad enough. But being aboard these Victorian 'hulks,' as they were called, was only half the story of misery awaiting a man condemned to be interred on these decommissioned old war ships on the River Thames. Punishment, if your body could take it, was hard labour as well.
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Meet passionate local thespian Kiah Davey. She's spent the past 20 years performing in Australia's longest running play. Originally written by her late father, Kiah proudly retells the story of 'The Ship That Never Was', at the Visitor Centre amphitheater in the gorgeous village of Strahan on Tasmania's west coast. See the harrowing true account of the great convict escape from Sarah Island, brought to life in this humorous and engaging play. The play is based on a real event in 1834 when the last ship built at the convict settlement in Macquarie Harbour was about to sail for the new prison at Port Arthur but was hijacked by ten convict shipwrights. So begins the story of an amazing escape, an extraordinary voyage and an intriguing twist in the tale of 'The Ship That Never Was'.
By day, you can cruise up the stunning Gordon River and walk in the footsteps of these convicts on the very island where they lived, worked and escaped.
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In the early 1800's England would send convicts on a treacherous journey by sea to Australia. Those that survived the trip were put to work in the fields and do manual labor as part of their prison sentence. Australia turned out to be one of the most brutal places to settle and made lives for prisoners nearly unlivable.
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Descendants of convicts discuss their ancestors and how discovering their stories provides historical context about their life and the times and places they lived.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages. Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
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Around the turn of the 19th century, large numbers of convicts were transported to the various Australian penal colonies, due to the overcrowding of British Prisons.
Some of Australia’s leading convict historians dispel some of the myths about the voyages and convict life in general.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages. Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
#Mystery #History #Australia #Convict #Sydney #OldBailey
John Hudson was the youngest convict to be transported to Australia in the first fleet. Tried at only 9 years old at the Old Bailey, London.
A Chimney Sweep accused of stealing, he spent years in a hulk before boarding the Convict Ship Friendship.
Once in Australia we follow a short trail of his movements, Including on board the HMS Sirius that crashed and sunk off the coast of Norfolk Island, before he disappears forever.
With no money to return to England and no marriage or death records for him in Australia.
Was he Murdered? Did he meet with foul play? We may never know..
Haunted & Historic Australia present
"Criminals, Cut-Throats & Convicts"
This is John's story, although more of a mystery that leaves us with more questions than answers.
We hope you enjoyed this episode
Please stay tuned for many more,
Thank you
Haunted & Historic Australia
With Special Thanks to the following for invaluable information:
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/The-old-bailey.jsp
https://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/first-fleet/stories/
https://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/suttor_francis_bathurst
https://www.maritimequest.com/misc_pages/monuments_memorials/hms_sirius_memorials.htm
https://www.cityartsydney.com.au/artwork/sirius-anchor/
http://norfolkislandmuseum.com.au/collections/hms-sirius/
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/History-Boy-Chimney-Sweep/
https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-History-of-Children-at-Work-The-Poor-Life-of-An-Apprentice-Chimney-Sweep
https://nerdalicious.com.au/history/invasion-1788-the-destruction-and-death-of-the-old-australia-and-the-birth-of-a-brave-new-world/amp/
https://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/first-fleetfirst-fleet-convict-database/
Convict historians talk about the experience of women and children convicts in Australia.
This film provides background information about the Australian National Maritime Museum’s online educational game, The Voyage, based on real convict voyages.
Players must make decisions, solve problems and deal with conflicts on a perilous journey across the globe.
Sign on for your voyage here! http://voyage.anmm.gov.au
More resources and information are available here: https://www.sea.museum/learn/apps-and-games/voyage-game
Charles Bateson's "The Convict Ships" is a classic, and is a must for everyone researching their Australian convict ancestors.
It gives details on the how, when and why of convict transport. Without listing individual convicts, it gives information on the ships, the voyages, the prison quarters, the meals, the rules onboard, transport to and from the ship and plently more in 440 pages.
It also includes a comprehensive appendix listing every convict ship sent to Australia, along with with the Captain, the Surgeon the dates and numbers of prisoners on each.
More information:
https://www.gould.com.au/the-convict-ships-1787-1868/lahg001/
Gould Genealogy
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A convict ship, as used to convey convicts to the Australian colonies, were ordinary British merchant ships as seen in ports around the world at that time. There was no ship specifically built as a convict vessel. There was no ship engaged exclusively for convict transportation use, all being used for general cargo, or passenger transport, at various times.
Vessels chartered for convict transport were mainly square rigged ships or barques, with the exception of a few brigs, the majority being small to moderate tonnage. The fees paid to the ship owners were so low that only the worst and most decrepit ships were utilised.
English Parliamentary records indicate that the average rate paid by the Government to hire a ship for convict service in 1816 was £6 1s 9d per vessel ton, with tonnages typically between 372 to 584.