What Were Some Of The Convicts Names? Name Place of conviction Transport ship Ruth Baldwin London Prince of Wales John Ball Exeter Charlotte George Bannister London Alexander Elizabeth Barber Friendship Who were the most famous convicts? Francis Greenway. Francis Greenway arrived in Sydney in 1814. … Mary Wade. The youngest ever convict to be transported
Where Did The British Sent Their Criminals? The British sent criminals to NSW, Queensland, Tasmania and WA, but freed convicts soon spread their footprint across the country, and these days, one in five Australians is the descendant of a convict. Why did the British send convicts over to Australia? The convicts were transported as punishment
Did Convicts Enter America? Did convicts enter America? After 1718, approximately 60,000 convicts, dubbed “the King’s passengers,” were sent from England to America. Ninety percent of them stayed in Maryland and Virginia. Although some returned to England once their servitude was over, many remained and began their new lives in the colonies. Did they send