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

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