A few years ago this used to be a penal colony.

The island was used as a penal colony from 1765 until 1886.

In 1959 the island was turned into a penal colony.

It was used as a French penal colony from 1854 to 1938.

The penal colony would survive for another year or so.

The street is historical significant to the city's early development as a penal colony.

"A lot of good it'll do me if I spend them all in some penal colony!"

No penal colony could have a worse site than this.

At this time the main island was being used as a penal colony.

There was a great fascination with the place, a penal colony.

"But it would be wrong of me to simply send you to a penal colony."

The Netherlands had a penal colony since the late 19th century.

Features a penal colony on the Moon in the year 2540.

We decided that the members of the chamber music group would live in the penal colony.

After all, on a bad day, a hospital resembles nothing so much as a penal colony.

In 1803 it became a British settlement and penal colony.

He made being there sound like a stint in a penal colony.

It's a road that still might lead straight to a penal colony, at least for me.

Everyone who died at the penal colony was buried on the island.

Phillip soon had problems with the soldiers in the penal colony.

"You'll get us all caught and sent to the penal colony!"

David Robinson is being shipped off to a penal colony.

And all eyes of the onetime penal colony would be watching.

Some people say the North Country has become a penal colony.

He saw to it I was sent to a penal colony instead."