Meaning of expiree | Babel Free

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In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict whose sentence had been served.

Australia, historical

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“[W]hen the year after, John Carr blossomed into an "expiree", master of a fine wife and a fine fortune, there were many about him who would have⟳ made his existence in Australia pleasant enough.”

“According to the census of 1870 the number⟳ of men still under the charge of the authorities is about four thousand, including those still in confinement; expirees being classed as free men.”

“Most of them secured a husband within a year or so, but more remarkable is the fact that expirees competed very successfully against the colonial boys for brides. This was despite the knowledge that a woman who married an expiree lost her claim⟳ to respectability.”

“Many old expirees received terminal or geriatric care in the Society′s Asylum, but there was a gap between the expiration of their sentences and their requiring terminal care during which time they depended upon their own⟳ resources.”

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