the system of transportation ofconvicts to Australia and Van Diemen's Land, now many yearsabolished.
1852. J. West, `History of Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 309:
«May it remain nailed to the mast until these colonies areemancipated from convictism.»
1864. `Realm,' Feb. 24, p.4 (`O.E.D.'):
«No one who has not lived in Australia can appreciate the profoundhatred of convictism that obtains there.»
1880. G. Sutherland, `Tales of Goldfields,' p. 16:
«They preferred to let things remain as they were, convictismincluded.»