In the 1700 s life in Britain for

• In the 1700 s, life in Britain for the convicts were terrible. The conditions on the hulks were not good, the convicts were crammed in and overcrowded with over 300 convict on board. • Convicts who were transported in the hulk were treated poorly and had little food to eat. Not only were they locked up on the ship, they were expected to work daily for over ten hours at a time. Some of these jobs include, cleaning, building and many more • Due to the overcrowding of convicts on the ship, a lot of them had carried diseases with them along the journey or contracted it from someone else. Many of these convicts died along the way, these diseases include typhoid and cholera.

§ The convicts who were convicted of a crime were sentenced to transportation to a new penal colony in a land called NSW. They had to deal with the horrible living conditions on the ship. § Along their journey they travelled through the tropics where it was very hot and humid. § There were many pests on board such as rats and cockroaches. § Water was very limited and had to be rationed.

Hulk – also known as a prison is a former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become suitable for storage. In this case it is used for transporting convicts Penal Colony – a settlement used to exile convicts and separate them from the general population by placing them in a remote location. Transportation – the action of transporting someone or something. In this case transporting the convicts to a new penal colony in a land called NSW.

Your task is to write a journal entry as if you were a convict that has committed a crime of either the following: § Stealing a loaf of bread § Stealing someone’s clothes off the line Your journal entry much include the following: § Name and age § What your occupation was before the crime? § Your reasons for stealing? § How long your sentence was? § What did it look like, smell like, feel like on your journey to a new penal colony?

12/02/1701 My name is Sam and I’m 12 years old. I washing dishes for the local bakery and was earning less that a dollar an hour. One day, I came across some freshly baked bread and I decided to take some to sell on the streets and some for dinner. I thought to myself, the owner would notice a few bread loafs being taken? I thought wrong, I was caught red handed and was convicted for stealing loafs of bread. My sentence was 5 years in jail, but it wasn’t going to be in Britain. They decided to put me on transportation to the new penal colony in the land NSW. The journey was horrible, I had very little food and water. My clothes were dirty and old, I smelt like I hadn’t had a shower in weeks. Life on the ship was not enjoyable, there were sick people, dead rats and all different kinds of pests.