Beautiful bodies

Description:

In August 1833, the Amphitrite, a small convict ship bound for the colonies of Australia, was wrecked in a terrible storm on the coast of France. She carried 102 female prisoners, 12 of their children, along with the captain, the crew, a medical officer and his wife. Only three people survived.

subjects: Penal transportation,  Transportation,  Transportation of convicts,  Women prisoners,  Shipwrecks,  History

Places: France,  Australia,  England,  New South Wales,  Boulogne

Times: 1788-1851