Botany Bay was the site of an 18th Century penal colony in Australia. The transportation of convicts began as British jails became overcrowded and crime in cities increased following the ...

In May 1787 a fleet of ships carrying convicts left England bound for Botany Bay, New South Wales, where they were to establish a settlement. One of the crew on board the Charlotte was Watkin Tench (c ...

Botany Bay Botany Bay was the beach head that allowed ... called the 'Rocks', is close to where the first convicts arrived. The early settlers adopted native words for unique features in Australia ...

The claim: Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, tweeted this week: "Wales is becoming the Botany Bay of 21st century. England shoving its urban poor onto the hulks ...