A Short History of Convict Australia is the first ever documentary about Australia's convict past. In this fascinating episode Ian Wright travels from Portsmouth, England, to the former penal colonies of Sarah Island, Norfolk Island and Port Arthur in Australia. He learns how convicts lived and worked, meeting historians and descendants of convicts, and learning about the impact on native Aboriginal groups and the legacy of the dramatic, brutal birth of a nation and the progression of a society

Intriguing, confronting, harsh, inspiring The Australian convict story includes over 160,000 tales of men, women and children who were transported from across the world. What happened to them once they arrived depended on many things such as their gender, behaviour, skills or age, which could lead them to many different parts of the colonies. On 31 July 2010, eleven of these sites across the country were recognised by UNESCO and placed on the World Heritage list as the Australian Convict Sites,

Today marks 200 years since convicts took up residency in Hyde Park Barracks. Did you know some of the convicts transported to Australia were children? Discover the stories of some of these children in our new #history digibook made with Sydney Living Museums. | ABC Education

1820's Convict Escape Hatch Uncovered #satisfying | Tim The Lawnmower Man

UNTOLD STORIES EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WHY PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM PRISON We went deeper to investigate why prisoners escape from prisons. From what we gathered from our reliable source, an ex convict, guards brutality is rife in some of the prisons in Botswana. It is alleged that one of the escapees posted by Botswana Prison Service Bw was assaulted by prison wardens. Maun Prison is said to be the worst prison in Botswana in terms of guards brutality. Our efforts to reach Botswana Prison Service for