Sarah Nash

Child convicts of Australia - Chapter 1 of 6 - Transportation and the First Fleet

From 1788, for 80 years, convicts were transported from Britain to New South Wales. These included children as young as nine years of age. What was life like for these children who had been sent to the other side of the world for crimes like petty theft?

All convicts, including children were expected to work. If they behaved badly, their youth did not protect them from being punished as harshly as adult convicts. Some child convicts went on to learn a trade, gain their freedom and live successful lives.

Step into the shoes of these child convicts to find out more about their stories.

Produced by ABC Education and Sydney Living Museums

Narrator (ABC)

HARRIET HOPE-STREETER

Featuring

ORLANDO TRIBE AVILES

JONATHAN BRANDON

WOLFGANG DEEKER

ADAM LEIZER

Interviewees (SLM)

JACQUI GREENFIELD

TODD GODDARD

Camera and post production (SLM)

JAMES MURRAY

Coordinator, Learning Programs (SLM)

COLLEEN FITZGERALD

Curator (SLM)

FIONA STARR

Producer (ABC)

JUSTINE OH

Head of Education (ABC)

ANNABEL ASTBURY

Head of Experience & Learning (SLM)

JANSON HEWS

Images reproduced courtesy of

British Library

Hagströmer Medico-Historical Library

National Gallery of Australia

National Library of Australia

National Portrait Gallery, UK

NSW State Archives

State Library of New South Wales

State Library of Victoria

Sydney Living Museums

Yale Center for British Art

Full Image credits list:

education.abc.net.au/res/pdf/image-credits.pdf