Wales will be in danger of being seen as a penal colony for England if a new super-prison is built, a leading campaigner for prison reform has warned. Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard ...

Jimmy McGovern's new BBC drama is set in a New South Wales penal colony established in 1788 by 1,000 British convicts, marines and seamen. Ellen E. Jones. Friday 27 February 2015 01:00 GMT.

Is Kate the Princess of NEW SOUTH WALES? One of her ancestors was aboard the first Royal Navy fleet which landed to build a penal colony, writes CLAUDIA JOSEPH. By CLAUDIA JOSEPH .

New South Wales, a state in southeast Australia, was founded by the British as a penal colony in 1788. Over the next 80 years, more than 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia from England ...

To give it a bit of context, it was January 26, 1788 (Jan 26 is now Australia Day), as the first British settlers were arriving, that New South Wales was established as a penal colony (I will save ...

Go Inside Australia's Former Penal Colonies. In 1788, 751 convicts and their families disembarked in the newly established British colony of New South Wales.

Hallen's time as colonial architect from 1832 to 1835 coincided with a government policy of territorial sprawl in New South Wales, which included building more judicial and penal infrastructure.

Penal transportation was a method of punishment in the British legal system that originated in the 17th century, where people sentenced to exile for their crimes were “shipped” to New South ...

In the northern hilltops of New South Wales, New England is a cool-climate region of lush terrain and vineyards producing elegant wine styles. New England once held some of Australia’s early ...

Grilling Down Under - New South Wales, Australia. Season 13 Episode 8 | 26m 41s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Chef Walter Staib takes a journey Down Under to Sydney, Australia. 12/07/2023 ...

Wales will be in danger of being seen as a penal colony for England if a new super-prison is built, a leading campaigner for prison reform has warned.

New South Wales, a state in southeast Australia, was founded by the British as a penal colony in 1788. Over the next 80 years, more than 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia from England ...