Dorien’s Reviews > Convicts in the Colonies: Transportation Tales from Britain to Australia > Status Update

Admittedly I know very little about British penal colonies in Australia. It seemed to me a quick fix. Ship your fellons to a far a way place and good riddance. But now I learn that stealing as little as a handkerchief could get you the sentence of transportation. Even those as young as 12 weren't spared.
And before the long journey a convict could be kept on a hulk having to do hard labour for years on end.