Hi all I wondered if the latest podcast from the National Archives (UK) might be of interest Description Published date: 30 November 2012 Between 1803 and 1853 some 67,000 convicts were transported from England and Ireland to the British penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land, later renamed Tasmania. Using a detailed reconstruction of 278 voyages (82 carrying female convicts and 196 male) this talk explores the impact of trans-oceanic forced removal on the health and well being of these unwilling migrants. Hamish Maxwell-Stewart teaches history at the University of Tasmania and is the current holder of the Keith Cameron chair of Australian history, University College Dublin. He is the author of a number of books including Closing Hell’s Gates (2008), American Citizens British Slaves (2002) and Chain Letters (2001). Author: Hamish Maxwell-Stewart Duration: 38:50 <http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/morbidity-and-mortality-on-convict-voyages-to-19th-century-australia/> -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)