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Unrequited Love: The Enduring Pain of Convictism in Western Australia
Posted by abarker in Carceral Archipelago on May 22, 2017
By Kellie Moss The sentence of transportation signified the physical removal, or banishment of convicts, from the wider social body to colonies overseas. In the case of transportation to Australia (1788-1868), convicts were not allowed to return to Britain, even after the expiration of their sentences. This permanent severance of their connections to friends, family […]
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