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convict stationnoun historical, chiefly AustralianA place designed for the imprisonment and punishment of convicts: one of the most appalling and cruel of all the convict stations...- In 1834 he was appointed political and military governor of the island of Juan Fernandez, then used as a convict station by Chile.
- Most black convicts from the 'Old Prison' were transferred to the De Beers convict station to be hired at reduced rates.
- The grey-green swell; the cold, stark light; the mournful, deserted island with its ruined convict station; what did they remind us of?
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