By: Paulanne Simmons July 15, 2019: Between 1787 and 1686 the British government sent convicted women to New South Wales, the penal colony that was to become Australia. Although the women ranged in age from children to the elderly, the majority were in their twenties or thirties. Most had been convicted of miner offences such as petty theft, but in New Wales, many became prostitutes because that was the only way…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:42PM on July 13, 2019