African, Asian and Creole convicts: a study of descent and descendants in Australia

What would modern histories and societies look like if they were written from the perspective of the descendants of African, AsianandCreole convicts? This question is the starting point for a new project basedat the University of Leicester(UK). The work is focusing on the former empires of Britain and France. The British element includesstudies of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land,alongside the Indian penal settlements of theAndaman Islands and Penang. For France, the study is lookingatFrench Guiana, New Caledonia, and Réunion Island (which are all now French overseas territories).