Then, the British military were gaolers to large numbers of convicts (1) , many of them Irish, imprisoned (2) for petty offences and sentenced (3) to transportation to this penal settlement.

• 当时，英军为主的狱卒在此看守大批的罪犯，其中大部份都是爱尔兰人，他们只因为犯了琐碎的罪行，就被判处流放至此。