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Convict Transportation to New South Wales

Convict Transportation to New South Wales. The Industrial Revolution, 1788 and beyond. What Do You Know? . Write or draw what you know about convict transportation to Australia?. View these images and song and add more https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh5nJvnrcT4.

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Convict Transportation to New South Wales

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  1. Convict Transportation to New South Wales The Industrial Revolution, 1788 and beyond

  2. What Do You Know? • Write or draw what you know about convict transportation to Australia? • View these images and song and add more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh5nJvnrcT4

  3. The Role of the Industrial Revolution • The Industrial Revolution in Britain meant many people could not make a living on the land • This caused movement to cities • Overcrowding and unemployment had made life for the ordinary person very difficult • This lead to poverty and increased crime rates.

  4. The Role of the Industrial Revolution • People could be deported for crimes such as vagrancy (being homeless and unemployed) or robbery of goods less than a shilling (about $50 today) • Stealing goods worth more than a shilling meant death by hanging.

  5. The Role of the Industrial Revolution • Prisons were over-crowded and conditions were very poor • Convicts were being kept in large ships called “hulks” floating on rivers • North America was no longer taking convicts • Ship-building supplies were needed • Britain wanted to “beat” other countries • Britain looked to Botany Bay

  6. Map http://www.uncertainbeginnings.com/

  7. Types of Convicts

  8. Types of Convicts As the new colony developed, five different categories of convicts emerged. • Government service convicts Worst type of convict, who worked in gangs (sometimes chained together) building roads and public buildings and clearing land. • Expirees Convicts Completed the full term of their sentence and often became farmers and graziers. • Emancipists Convicts Behaved so well that they were pardoned ahead of time. If fully pardoned, a convict could return to Britain. • Assigned convicts Better behaved convicts, who were ‘loaned’ to free settlers. Convicts with trade skills were always in demand. • Ticket-of-leave convicts Well-behaved convicts, who were allowed to work for themselves for wages. A ticket of leave could be taken away for unacceptable behaviour.

  9. Timeline

  10. Timeline

  11. Viewing and Listening • Why Botany Bay? (Clickview) • Tony Robinson Downunderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W9eyxKDurI&list=PL45D77A80796B07DE • Transportation (2:00) – part of “Race to the End…” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_9tE_IRXkE • Race to the End of the World - (2:50-8:20, 31:00-51:05) about journey • Against The Odds (54:00-)

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