Did Convicts Form Lasting Bonds at Sea?

What memories did convicts carry with them from the long voyage to Australia? This post reflects on the bonds that may have formed on board the convict ships—friendships, romances, and shared ordeals—and asks whether these connections endured once lives began again on Australian soil. Drawing on personal research into Hannah Brown and Thomas Maslin, it raises broader questions about silence, memory, and how the experience of transportation was remembered—or deliberately forgotten.