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单词 convict settlement
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Definition of convict settlement in English:

convict settlement

noun
Australian historical
  • A place designed for the imprisonment and punishment of convicts.

    dysentery was rife in the nearby convict settlement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The traditional explanation that New South Wales was colonized to provide a convict settlement is more plausible.
    • He was appointed Steward and Clerk at the convict settlement at $120 per year plus housing and rations.
    • Fear of starvation led to a division of the First Fleeters into two convict settlements.
    • The first Australian towns were convict settlements, with large numbers of soldiers and administrators.
    • Founded as a convict settlement, Hobart has had continuous, modest growth.
    • Highlights include the rainforest walkway at Heritage Landing and the remains of the Sarah Island convict settlement.
    • He was sent to the Andaman Islands to reorganize the convict settlement there.
    • Take a cruise to Bruny Island to see spectacular wildlife or drive to Port Arthur to discover Australia's first convict settlement.
    • Mandatory sentencing is a nasty, insidious creation of our generation that not even the convict settlement introduced.
    • We know it was a hell-on-earth convict settlement back in the 1800s.
 
 
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