PENAL COLONY
(noun)Definitions
There is 1 meaning of the phrase
Penal Colony.
Penal Colony - as a noun
A penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)
Example Sentences
"Australia was originally intended to be a penal colony."
"The British used to send convicts to the penal colony in Botany Bay."
"Van Diemen's Land, now known as Tasmania, was once a notorious penal colony."
"The establishment of a penal colony on Devil's Island was widely criticized."
"The novel 'Papillon' is a memoir of a man who escaped from a French penal colony."
