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- Convict_women_in_Australia comment "Convict women in Australia were the female segment of British prisoners (convicts) transported during the 18th and 19th centuries to carry out their sentences in what is now Australia.Transportation to the penal settlement in Australia was an alternative for other harsh punishments such as death by hanging. The poverty stricken female convicts were viewed as prostitutes when compared with the upper class women in Britain.".