A still from footage of Oscar Jenkins released by court in Russian-controlled Ukraine An Australian who fought for Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony by a Russian-controlled ...
Most every nation has its legends of founders and pioneers, of promising shores and liberating revolutions. Australia, on the other hand, is a penal colony. Dating from the 1770s to the 1840s, its ...
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Insane Penal Colony Escape Attempts (Australia)
Being a convict at an Australian penal colony in the 19th century was a harrowing experience. Once there, convicts often came up with imaginative and, sometimes desperate, ways to try and escape the ...
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How convicts tried to escape Australia’s penal colonies
Life in Australia’s 19th-century penal colonies was harsh and unforgiving. Isolation, punishment, and forced labor drove many ...
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