IrishCentral recently published an engrossing article about an 1835 shipwreck off the coast of Australia. The convict-transport ship was carrying 250 prisoners from Dublin and Cork.

The story comes from a book written by Babette Smith, The Luck of the Irish: How a Shipload of Convicts Survived the Wreck of the Hive to Make a New Life in Australia. Read more here: www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/luck-of-the-irish-how-250-convicts-survived-shipwreck-en-route-to-australia.