Convict Kids

Name: Convict Kids
Released: 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Kids & Family · Educational

Australia was a British penal colony between 1788 and 1868 and over 160,000 convicts were 'transported' here. Learn about these child convicts, why they were transported, how they lived in the colony and what became of them.

2020 · 5m

EPISODE 1

Transportation

In 18th and early 19th century Britain, transportation as a form of punishment was used to combat the over-crowded prisons. Children as young as seven could be tried as adults and sent to Australia as convicts.
EPISODE 2

Daily Life and Work

Convicts sent out to the penal colonies in Australia were expected to work as a part of their punishment, and convict kids were no exceptions. They also lived under the same harsh conditions as the adults.
EPISODE 3

Escape and Punishment

Convict kids in Australia suffered a variety of punishments for even the most minor offences. These punishments ranged from flogging to solitary confinement or work gangs.
EPISODE 4

Reform and Freedom

As a convict kid, once you served your usual sentence of 7 or 14 years, you would still have had the majority of your life ahead of you to make a fresh start.

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