Articles related to "Penal Colonies"

Penal colonies were places where many civilized societies prior to the nineteenth century would send criminals in order for punishment and to use them for cheap labor.

Convict history holds an awkward place in Australia's past, nowhere more so than in Tasmania. The former penal settlement of Port Arthur is a popular tourist attraction.

Thousands of prisoners served time on Devil's Island and thousands died there, whether by starvation, overwork, execution or disease.

In order to fully understand South America, the journeyman traveller would be well advised to visit French Guiana.

The 40 hectare historic site of Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia is a restired penal colony from Australia's convict past.

Port Arthur, a restored convict penal settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia has on offer several excellent and cheap tours of the site.

Pristine beaches, rugged mountains, a charming capital city and sites of rich convict history. There are so many tourist highlights that sum up the best of Tasmania.

A background on the beginning of the labour movement in Australia, including the strikes in the 1800s, Australia's first Trade Union Act, and the right to vote for women.

Arthur Nersesian's new book series is a mind-bending alternate history of New York, a suspenseful thriller, and a grand scale literary epic that is a ton of fun to read.

Brisbane is the state capital of Queensland. It has plenty to offer visitors with its laid-back holiday atmosphere and near perfect climate year round.

Hobart is the state capital of Tasmania and is a charming place to visit. It is Australia's second-oldest city and its southernmost capital.

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales. More people live here than anywhere else in Australia so find out more about this iconic city.

The first UK collection to be indexed by the Ancestry World Archives Project, the Criminal Registers, are invaluable to researchers of family, social and legal history.

Moreton Island is a 200 square kilometre sand island that, with Stradbroke Island, is the protective buffer that forms Moreton Bay, in southern Queensland, Australia.

Brief biography of Austrian author Franz Kafka, famous for short story "The Metamorphosis" and novel The Trial, whose heroes are victims of an indifferent society.

In the Dublin district of Kilmainham are two buildings that should be on the itinerary of every visitor to the capital.

From the House of the Dead (Z Mrtveho Domu), a Czech opera by Janácek. Opera plot synopsis, character list, and other opera information.

The Isle of Pines (in French, Ile des Pins) is a great location for a scuba dive holiday. It offers coral reef scuba diving, as well as a unique fresh water cave dive.

The diversity of offerings at Shelby Farms Park reflects the diversity of its surrounding city: there is something for just about everyone.

If a visitor has only 24 hours to spend in Sydney, Australia, heading down to the city's harbourfront is bound to guarantee time well spent.

Within a wide range of venues and facilities, the Sydney Opera House hosts opera, drama, playhouse, ballet, orchestra, a recording studio and more.

A handful of farm labourers stood up for their rights, were punished but emerged triumphant

In the 19th century, 'duty' to a British officer meant sacrificing all . Captain Stanford did. But the Crown remained indifferent to his plight

Timberlake Wertenbaker is a fascinating playwright and it begins with her name.

There are many lists of "best" science fiction novel lists, but most are compiled by popularity which doesn't always take some "classic" tales into account.

St Helena, a small island in Moreton Bay, was a prison during early European settlement in Brisbane, Queensland. Its convict ruins are now a tourist attraction.

European Australians have been deemed incapable of deciding their own destinies in light of a leaked Child Rape Dossier.

Robert Heinlein often criticized modern society. In The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, he uses a lunar revolt to implicate 20th century social structure.

In The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Heinlein shows a positive anarchist society in conflict with an authoritarian regime, allowing him to criticize 20th century society.

Robert Heinlein's utopian vision of a lunar community displays his social ideals, but also their limitations.

The Dreyfus affair was a notorious incident of official, public anti-Semitism that shocked late 19th century France and whose embers have not subsided to this day.