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Headword Date Article Type
New South Wales identified by Britain as a penal colony 1786 Topics
Transportation of convicts to Australia begins 1787 Topics
First British penal settlement is founded at Botany Bay 1788 Topics
Prison settlement established at Norfolk Island 1788 Topics
John Irving is the first convict in New South Wales to be freed 1790 Topics
Transportation of serious convicts to Van Diemen's Land begins 1803 Topics
Judge Advocate Atkins excludes Aboriginal evidence from law courts 1805 Topics Short note
George Johnston is convicted of mutiny; John Macarthur is not allowed to leave England 1811 Topics
Three courts established under the Second Charter of Justice 1814 Topics
Female convicts moved to a female prison-factory in Parramatta 1821 Topics
Francis Forbes becomes first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1824 Topics
Penal settlement established at Moreton Bay 1824 - 1839 Topics
Prison settlement re-opened at Norfolk Island 1825 Topics
Berrima Gaol, New South Wales 1839 Topics
Abolition of transportation of convicts to New South Wales 1840 Topics
Convict ships arrive in Swan River Colony 1850 Topics
Britain agrees to stop convict transportation to Van Diemen's Land 1852 Topics
Last convict ship to Van Diemen's Land 1853 Topics
End of convict transportation 1868 Topics
High Court of Australia established 1903 Topics

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