They were carrying 1,500 people, including a large number of convicts and guards. When the fleet landed in 1788 the Englishmen established a penal colony in New South Wales. The First Fleet collection ...

The place was once known for being a penal settlement ... sentenced to exile for their crimes were “shipped” to New South Wales (in Australia) until the discovery of Port Arthur in 1830.

Hallen’s time as colonial architect from 1832 to 1835 coincided with a government policy of territorial sprawl in New South Wales, which included building more judicial and penal infrastructure.

An Act of Parliament in 1842 decreed that the original penal colony of New South Wales would be ruled by a governor working with a legislative council, the majority of whose members would be elected.

The collusion of the extrusion of a church’s superstructure to attract investment and immigrants to the newly free settlement ...

On Monday 25 May 1840, on a remote island 870 miles east of the Australian colony of New South Wales, 1,800 convicts celebrated the birthday of Queen Victoria. The party had been organised by the ...

Van Diemen’s Land was colonised by Britain in 1803 as a penal colony and became part of New South Wales in 1825. Hobart was then known as Hobart Town, or Hobarton and was named after Lord Hobart, the ...

Hallen's time as colonial architect from 1832 to 1835 coincided with a government policy of territorial sprawl in New South Wales, which included building more judicial and penal infrastructure.

Architectural historian John Stacpoole (1919-2018) described it as one of a series of buildings that were "little more than shacks", and on the surface it doesn't sound terribly special. There was no ...

Hallen's time as colonial architect from 1832 to 1835 coincided with a government policy of territorial sprawl in New South Wales, which included building more judicial and penal infrastructure. The ...