Intriguing, confronting, harsh, inspiring The Australian convict story includes over 160,000 tales of men, women and children who were transported from across the world. What happened to them once they arrived depended on many things such as their gender, behaviour, skills or age, which could lead them to many different parts of the colonies. On 31 July 2010, eleven of these sites across the country were recognised by UNESCO and placed on the World Heritage list as the Australian Convict Sites,