One of the primary destinations for transported convicts was Australia, specifically the penal colony established at Botany Bay in New South Wales, which began in 1788. The practice was a means to ...

Australia’s national day, which falls today, has two purposes. It is an opportunity for Australians to celebrate who they are and how fortunate we are to live in a stable ...

The arrival of the ships at Botany Bay on 21st January 1788 was met ... would be the most suitable destination for the next penal colonies. On 6th December 1785 the Orders in Council were given; the ...

Nor does it commemorate the official founding of New South Wales, which took place on February 7, the date governor Arthur Phillip formally proclaimed the brand-new colony on the banks of Sydney Cove.

The nation might be divided over whether Friday is ' Australia Day ' or 'Invasion Day' but historians say some basic facts should be remembered about the date.

Imagine that this scene never took place. Imagine that the government of William Pitt the Younger decided in 1786 not to send the First Fleet to Botany Bay but instead to the other site for a penal ...

Tree vandals have struck again along the Botany Bay foreshore prompting Bayside Council to take weighty moves to contain their actions. Covering Georges River Council, Bayside Council and general ...

LONDON - Three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny were found guilty by a Russian court on Friday of belonging to an extremist group and sentenced to years in a penal colony.

Three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been sentenced to years in a Russian penal colony. Igor Sergunin, Alexei Liptser and Vadim Kobzev were found guilty by a Russian ...

Navalny, who died suddenly aged 47 in an Arctic penal colony in February last year, was himself convicted of extremism and other charges, all of which he said were trumped up by the authorities to ...