The convict people that were transported from Europe to Australia varied across what kind of people they were and what crimes they committed. The main group of people sent to Australia for committing crimes were those who committed theft and crimes against property. All the Europeans and
-The convicts transported were sent from theft
-all from the working class
-occupation of convicts ranged from factory boys to hairdressers
-majority of women were domestic servants
-majority of convicts come from towns when historians liked to think they came from rural England
-most from towns and Ireland
-most workers, unskilled outnumbered the skilled
-women theft wanted more clothes not necessarily needed them (crimes against property)
- men did theft from houses, stolen animals and street crime
-thieves pickpocketers , wanted to survive and driven to steal food
-murders not transported on first fleet
The first two readings this week was from two primary sources that described the Australian soldiers and what they went through during some of the battles at Gallipoli. Before the war started many of the Australian soldiers were going to fight for there first time in very difficult circumstances were described as, “cheerful, quiet and confident. There were no sign of nerves nor of excitement” (Ashmead-Bartlett, 1915, p.288). Once the war started, the men continued to work hard and showed a lot of courage and athleticism. However, towards the end of the battle a sergeant of the 14th Battalion claimed he will never forget the look of these hardworking soldiers, “they looked like men who had been to hell,” “drawn and haggard, and so dazed that they appeared to be walking