Impact of forced migration on Tasmanian convicts and their descendants. This project aims to investigate the impact of convict transportation on life outcomes across generations by linking historical

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Impact of forced migration on Tasmanian convicts and their descendants. This project aims to investigate the impact of convict transportation on life outcomes across generations by linking historical records of Tasmanian convicts with their siblings in Britain and Ireland. It will focus on the effects of transportation, punishment, and environmental factors using advanced causal methods. The project expects to generate new knowledge on forced migration's long-term effects. Expected outcomes include refined methods for historical data linkage, enriched datasets on convicts and family, and capacity building of the next generation of researchers. This project should provide significant benefits by informing modern discussions on forced migration, as well as a better understanding of Australia’s colonial past. . Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3801 - Applied Economics. Lead: Prof Adeline Delavande