Event    From 1650  To 1850

transportation to Australia

Categories: Law, Transport

Countries: Australia

One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.

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transportation to Australia

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Millbank Prison - Atterbury Street

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Millbank Prison - Australia

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Millbank Prison - Riverside Walk

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Tolpuddle Martyrs at Copenhagen Fields

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