Chapter 7
Convicts and Living on the Frontier
This history not only records family history but also the convicts who helped them and the life of early settlers who lived on the Frontier and shared the land with the Aborigines who had lived there for many years.
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Convicts
Between 1788 and 1868 more than 162,000 convicts were transported to Australia. Of these, about 7,000 arrived in 1833 alone. The convicts were transported as punishment for crimes committed in Britain and Ireland
In the early 1800s most convicts were assigned to either construction work or to help free settlers develop their properties.
This history looks at the background of convicts who came to Australia and tells some stories of individual convicts who worked for either Archibald or George Mosman.
Chapter 7.1 Convict labour
Chapter 7.2 Convict Stories
Chapter 7.2 Convict Stories
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This history examines the life of early settlers, like Archibald and George, who lived on the Frontier and shared the land with the Aborigines who had lived there for many years.
Chapter 7.3 Living on the Frontier