Definition of convict station in English:

convict station

noun

Australian historical

A place designed for the imprisonment and punishment of convicts.
one of the most appalling and cruel of all the convict stations
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1834 he was appointed political and military governor of the island of Juan Fernandez, then used as a convict station by Chile.
- It's home to Australia's best-known convict station and famed among surfers for the wild waves at Shipstern Bluff.
- Despite at least two warnings from the colony's governor, he persisted and was sent to the convict stations on the island.
- The National Park has a varied history of European occupation: it was a whaling station in the early 1800s, then a convict station.
- The penal colony, known everywhere as one of the most appalling and cruel of all the convict stations, operated from Sarah Island.
- Most black convicts from the 'Old Prison' were transferred to the De Beers convict station to be hired at reduced rates.
- The grey-green swell; the cold, stark light; the mournful, deserted island with its ruined convict station; what did they remind us of?
- As the number of convicts declined in the next two years, he was able to close a number of the convict stations near Hobart.
- Before Port Arthur, there was Maria Island, a convict station in the sea.
- Tasman's Inn, once the Norfolk Bay Convict Station, is a green and white building on a side road.

单词	convict station
释义	Definition of convict station in English: convict station noun Australian historical A place designed for the imprisonment and punishment of convicts. one of the most appalling and cruel of all the convict stations Example sentencesExamples In 1834 he was appointed political and military governor of the island of Juan Fernandez, then used as a convict station by Chile. It's home to Australia's best-known convict station and famed among surfers for the wild waves at Shipstern Bluff. Despite at least two warnings from the colony's governor, he persisted and was sent to the convict stations on the island. The National Park has a varied history of European occupation: it was a whaling station in the early 1800s, then a convict station. The penal colony, known everywhere as one of the most appalling and cruel of all the convict stations, operated from Sarah Island. Most black convicts from the 'Old Prison' were transferred to the De Beers convict station to be hired at reduced rates. The grey-green swell; the cold, stark light; the mournful, deserted island with its ruined convict station; what did they remind us of? As the number of convicts declined in the next two years, he was able to close a number of the convict stations near Hobart. Before Port Arthur, there was Maria Island, a convict station in the sea. Tasman's Inn, once the Norfolk Bay Convict Station, is a green and white building on a side road.
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