Title: 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
Time periods: 1788-1851