History A-Level
Convict transportation and penal colonies
What Convict transportation and penal colonies means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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A penal settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803, extending convict control south of Bass Strait.
Topics that use Convict transportation and penal colonies
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 2 The birth of British Australia, 1788–1829 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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