penal colony

Another was Australia, which became a penal colony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors.

You've fallen into a warp, a luminous gap in the penal colony death march so many of the rest of us are in.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Robert Heinlein. The moon is a penal colony ruled by an iron- fisted administration.

First inhabited by Cacique Indians and later pirates, it was established in 1919 as a penal colony for Panama's most dangerous criminals.

Human-rights groups frequently reported on the harsh conditions of the penal colony, including incidents of torture and murder.

A city of southeast Tasmania, Australia, on an inlet of the Tasman Sea. It was founded in1804 as a penal colony. Population, 47, 920.

Keketuohai also served as the penal colony of some Chinese top technical specialists during the Cultural Revolution.

first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony.

The first British settlement, a penal colony at Fort Jackson (now part of Sydney), was established in 788.

To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.

1788- the first English settlers arrived in Australia's Botany Bay to establish a penal colony.

Mr Mikheev was sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony, where he is to this day.

She is serving her term in a penal colony in the eastern city of Kharkov.

The area was settled in 1824 as a penal colony. Population, 734, 750.

A few years later, a new penal colony in Australia eased the strain;

settled by British as a penal colony;