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about the Lady Juliana (1777 ship), a ship chartered to transport a load of all-female prisoners to Australia, which quickly developed a reputation as a floating brothel: when we were fairly out to sea, every man on board took a wife from among the convicts, they nothing loath.

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Fun Fact: about the Lady Juliana (1777 ship), a ship chartered to transport a load of all-female prisoners to Australia, which quickly developed a reputation as a floating brothel: “when we were fairly out to sea, every man on board took a wife from among the convicts, they nothing loath.”

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