New Caledonia escapees in Australia
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New Caledonia escapees in Australia
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New Caledonia escapees in Australia were convicts who escaped the French penal colony of New Caledonia by sailing west across the Coral Sea to Queensland or, less frequently, New South Wales. Penal transportation to New Caledonia lasted between 1864 and 1898, during which time hundreds of escapees made for Australia's eastern seaboard—at least 1,200 km distant—often on stolen vessels or makeshift rafts, or as stowaways. The journey often proved hazardous and many escapees perished during the att
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