Australia Year by Year: 1788 to 1809: From the First Fleet to Rum Rebellion by 
Australia Year by Year: 1810 to 1845: From the Macquarie Era to Ending Transportation by 
Convicts: The Penal Settlements that Created Australia by 
A Brief History of Australia by Between 1788 and 1868, 165,000 British and Irish convicts made the arduous journey to an unknown land we now call Australia The majority of these transported convicts were poor and illiterate, victims of the Poor Laws and social conditions in Georgian England.The documentary looks at the dire living conditions of the convicts and the gruesome punishments meted out to those who continued to flout the law Importantly, it also investigates how the interactions between the new arrivals and Aboriginal peoples has had a lasting impact on both cultures
For over 200 years, migration has been intrinsic to Australia’s national identity. A range of storytelling methods are used to recreate the often scary and exciting atmosphere of those early years, 1788-1900, in Colonial Australia.
SLV Ergo website: See information about Pioneers and Everyday Life in Colonial Melbourne
