The Castle Hill Rebellion: 1804
Oct 30, 2019
2 minutes
TRANSPORTATION to the Australian colonies was initially reserved for convicted criminals such as thieves, counterfeiters and murderers. But in the wake of political unrest in parts of Britain and nearby Europe, including the 1789 French Revolution, the influence of radical dissenters became widely feared. And so Britain began transporting political prisoners.
The Irish Rebellion against British rule occurred in 1798. Among the many
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