Their customers were usually the male convicts who came and left the factory as they pleased.

In 1814 the Surry was carrying a "cargo" of 200 male convicts.

She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, carrying 195 male convicts.

Two male and 4 female convicts died on the voyage.

Here 20 male convicts, survivors from Guardian, were taken on board.

The ship took 195 male convicts to Australia.

The settlement housed mainly male convicts, with a small number of women.

Five male convicts and one female convict died on the voyage.

There were 220 male convicts, plus guards, their families and crew.

Floggings of both male and female convicts were public, administered before the whole colony's company, assembled especially for the purpose.