We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting of the Victoria and Tasmania Discussion Circle on 28 July at 10.30am.
Come and hear Dr Colleen Wood talk about her PhD thesis titled ‘Great Britain’s exiles to Port Phillip, 1844-1849: Lord Stanley’s experiment’.
Between 1844 and 1849, nine shiploads of ‘exiles’ landed at Geelong and Melbourne to begin new lives in the Port Phillip District. The 1727 mostly young men and boys classed as exiles were English prisoners from Pentonville, Millbank and Parkhurst Prisons, London. They were given pardons granting them freedom in the colonies on the condition that they could never return to the United Kingdom.
Please register on the Events page.
Fri 28 Jul at 10.30am on zoom.
This is a members only event.
Our discussion circles are free, so are a very good reason to join GSV.
Any questions, please email us on victas@gsv.org.au