SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fate dealt Honorah Sullivan a bad hand when she was found guilty of arson in the mid-19th century and put on a British convict ship bound for modern-day Tasmania. But more than 160 ...

Comedian and Historian Tony Robinson explores the city of Hobart and the remnants of its rich history. He visits The Female Factory, a prison like building which housed Tasmania's female convicts. He ...

SYDNEY, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Australia has passed new laws allowing former immigration detainees to be locked up again if they pose any risk of committing serious offences after they were released in a ...