Sentences with phrase «penal colony for»
The winner of the Hugo Award in 1967, Heinlein's celebrated novel chronicles a Lunar city's revolution after years of serving as a penal colony for Earth.
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In fact the isle was once used as a penal colony for criminals and misfits banished from Bali's powerful kingdom Klungkung.
The prosecution called for him to be sent to a penal colony for 32 months, but instead he was given a three and a half year suspended sentence.
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French Guiana, best known for the notorious Devil's Island penal colony, is the tarantula capital of the world.
For about 50,000 years After the European discovery of the continent by Dutch explorers in 1606, Australia's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788.
«Papillon» stars Hunnam in the title role of Henri «Papillon» Charrière, who is sent to a penal colony on Devil's Island after being framed for murder.
Holmes had the license to transport the convicts to Alta California, part of a plan by the Mexican government for a penal colony.
As for Gili T, it was initially used by the authorities as a penal colony where prisoners cultivated the land.
Fort Denison, an old penal colony in the middle of Sydney Harbour, has one of the oldest tide gauges around, having been located there for 128 years.
«It is the date of the founding of the penal colony of NSW, and it marks the commencement of a long history of dispossession and trauma for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.»