Mark Lewis · @aurigator
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In the eighty years between 1788 and 1868, some 162,000 #convicts were embarked on #transport #ships and #banished to the #colonies to serve their sentences. The 337-ton #barque #Neva sailed from the #Irish port of #Cork on 8th January 1835 bound for #Sydney with 153 #female #prisoners of the crown. Joining them were 55 #children. When the Neva struck a #reef in Bass Strait, some 150 #souls #perished.
#Australia #History #Shipwreck #NSW #Ireland #Maritime #Disaster
#convicts #transport #ships #banished #colonies #barque #Neva #irish #cork #sydney #female #prisoners #children #reef #souls #perished #australia #history #shipwreck #nsw #ireland #maritime #disaster
