On 29 November 1823 Oxley, who was beginning his Moreton Bay survey in HMS Mermaid, found Pamphlett and Finnegan on the beach at Point Skirmish, Bribie Island, while Parsons was hunting. After hearing ...

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From Sydney, we flew to Hobart. Our friends met us and brought ... Another tourist venue was Port Arthur, former site of a British penal colony – a place where harsh treatment was the norm. There were ...

It also marks the date the British flag was raised at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip in 1788. Governor Phillip founded the British penal colony that eventually turned into Sydney Australia. To ...

He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and transported to England’s penal colony at Sydney, Australia. Once released, Tawell was joined in Australia by his wife and children, and he opened ...

known as the Davao Penal Colony or Dapecol, will be casting their votes on May 12 in a special arrangement with the COMELEC Braulio E. Dujali. Data from the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) provided to ...

Vadim Shamarin, a lieutenant-general, is one of a string of top officials charged in a series of corruption scandals that have engulfed the highest echelons of the Russian military establishment ...