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Sentences with PENAL-COLONY

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Sentences

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"Australia was originally intended to be a penal colony."
2
"The British used to send convicts to the penal colony in Botany Bay."
3
"Van Diemen's Land, now known as Tasmania, was once a notorious penal colony."
4
"The establishment of a penal colony on Devil's Island was widely criticized."
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"The novel 'Papillon' is a memoir of a man who escaped from a French penal colony."
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"The conditions in the Russian penal colony were harsh and inhumane."
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"The penal colony was located on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean."
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"His great-grandfather was one of the first settlers in the African penal colony."
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"The prisoners in the penal colony were forced to perform hard labor."
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"Many of the early settlers in Australia were convicts sent to the penal colony."
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"The penal colony was established as a means of punishment and isolation."
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"The history of Australia as a penal colony is well-documented."
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"She studied the social dynamics within the penal colony for her research."
14
"The establishment of a penal colony was seen as a solution to overcrowded prisons."
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"Escaping from the penal colony was extremely difficult due to the high security measures."
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"The British government decided to abolish the penal colony system in the 19th century."
17
"He was sent to a penal colony for his involvement in the political uprising."
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"The town grew around the old ruins of the abandoned penal colony."
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