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Meanings of convict settlement in English
Synonyms
Examples for "penal colony"
Examples for "penal colony"
1
He said the men would serve their sentences in a penal colony.
2
But the penal colony struggled to survive as food supplies quickly dwindled.
3
Overview: You're building a fortress on a remote island, a penal colony.
4
In 1852 the French Government established a penal colony on these islands.
5
But the day has gone by for successful re-establishment of a penal colony.
Usage of convict settlement in English
1
The 25th were sent to Spike Island, a convict settlement near Queenstown, Ireland.
2
Create convict settlement for innocent people, now we'll be a leper colony, he texted.
3
Both much depressed to-night; the atmosphere of this camp is like a convict settlement.
4
Angola, however, has latterly been adopted as the principal convict settlement of the Portuguese.
5
A bell began to toll in the convict settlement.
6
For a very long time we have borne the expenses of the convict settlement of Fernando Po.
7
The schooner is finished, and Captain Fuller proposes steering for Port Jackson, where there is a convict settlement.
8
She was tortured, starved, outraged, and came through worse than death to be transported to a convict settlement.
9
Moreover, this gloomy place and its associations-whatcan you expect from a child bred in a convict settlement?
10
No wonder that but one party, escaping from Macquarrie Harbor convict settlement, arrived at the civilized region in safety.
11
The adoption of Australia as the place for convict settlement was brought about by events in America, a statement which may surprise you.
12
Not far from Haul Bowlin is Spike Island, a convict settlement, and the convicts were brought over to put the goods on board.
13
Australia was still a land of convict settlements and did not attract free men.
14
If we must have convict settlements, attention to the climate might be of advantage in the selection.
15
Penitentiaries and Convict Settlements
16
'By contrast, the convict settlement!
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