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Fascinating! #australia #convicts #botanybay #crimeandpunishment
Fascinating! #australia #convicts #botanybay #crimeandpunishment
#OnThisDay - 5 October 1789, Martha Brown, was sentenced at Colchester to transportation to Australia for 7 years. A "passenger" on a convict ship in the notorious "Second Fleet" it's thought she was the first woman sentenced to transportation. More:
#OnThisDay - 5 October 1789, Martha Brown, was sentenced at Colchester to transportation to Australia for 7 years. A "passenger" on a convict ship in the notorious "Second Fleet" it's thought she was the first woman sentenced to transportation . More: