10 March 2011, Starts: 12:30, Ends: 13:30

Transportation for Life

Talk by Norman Newton

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

Organised by Workerrs' Educational Association (WEA). Cost £1. No need to book. Further information and details from WEA on inverness@weascotland.org.uk or 01463 710577

Description:

Not a free bus pass, but a sentence, often as an alternative for hanging. From 1800 to the 1850s over 100 Highland men - and women - were transported to Australia, for fraud, sheep-stealing, serious assault, noting and theft. Case studies from Caithness to Ardnamurchan will be presented.