When Millbank prison was built in 1816, it was intended to reform prisoners rather than simply keep them isolated from society. However, due to overcrowding the prison became a holding pen for convicts transported to Australia. Conditions inside were unpleasant: there was flooding, disease and infestations of rats
Which town did the apprentice originally come from? Different variants have his birthplace as London, Brockton, Belfast, Dublin, Halstead, Barking and Hampshire
It happened in Belfast. Van Diemans Land (Tasmania) was a British Penal Colony to which a lot of Irish were transported.
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