A Supreme Court jury in Australia on Monday found Erin Patterson guilty of killing three relatives by serving them lunch ...

Of the roughly 760 convicts who arrived in Sydney in 1788 on the First Fleet, at least 15 were black. Between 1788 and 1842, about 80,000 male and female convicts were transported to NSW, of whom ...

Among the convicts that were transported to colonial Australia, there was a small group accused of very different crimes to the others. Of the roughly 162,000 convicts sent here from 1788 to 1868 ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Migrants with criminal records face up to five years in prison for breaching their visa conditions under emergency legislation passed by the Australian Parliament on ...

Australia has passed new laws allowing former immigration detainees to be locked up again if they pose any risk of committing serious offences after they were released in a landmark ruling by the ...

In Australia convicts were gradually emancipated following the 1820s. As existing convicts eventually got their freedom, the inflow of new convicts fell sharply after the 1830s (except for Tasmania).

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Migrants with criminal records will face up to five years in prison for breaching their visa conditions under emergency legislation in ...

Australia was a British penal colony between 1788 and 1868 and over 160,000 convicts were 'transported' here. Learn about these child convicts, why they were transported, how they lived in the colony ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Migrants with criminal records face up to five years in prison for breaching their visa conditions under emergency legislation passed by the Australian Parliament on Thursday.

Australian Minister for Immigration Andrew Giles presents the emergency Migration Amendment Bill in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Migrants with criminal records face up to five years in prison for breaching their visa conditions under emergency legislation passed by the Australian Parliament on ...