Hiya! Not discouraging further discussion here, but you will be interested in several earlier threads on this topic - check these out!

Arrival

• What supplies did the first Australian settlers have when they arrived in Sydney Cove in 1788?

• What would life have been like back in the colonization days for a prisoner shipped from England to Australia once he/she stepped off the boat? and follow-up post I am a criminal sentenced to exile in Australia in the year 1800. After disembarking from the transport ship, what can I expect my life to be like?

• How scary was Australia when convicts started being moved there?

Imprisonment

• How were prisoners treated in Australian penal colonies?

• plug in the headphones and settle in for some storytime AskHistorians Podcast Episode 002 Discussion Thread - The Cannibal Convict of Van Diemen's Land

• Could an Australian convict volunteer to be a flogger in exchange for extra rations/better treatment? (related to Pearce, the cannibal convict)

• It is the year 1850. I am a London prisoner sentenced to Australia. Is this a good turn of luck for me?

Moving on

• How often did convicts sent to Australia escape back to Europe?

• Are there many examples (if any) of convicts transported to Australia in the 1700s-1800s, completing their sentences and then returning home to the UK?

• How did Australia go from British prisoners to the country it is now. What was life like in the beginning?

All of these posts have been archived by now, so if you have follow-up questions for any of the users, just ask them here and tag their username to notify them