I recently had it confirmed that my GGGG Grandfather was transported to Australia as a convict in 1850.His sentence was 10 years for stabbing a constable in the thumb.
Up until a generation or two ago people did not generally discuss any possible convict links. To have a convict ancestor was referred to as the "convict stain" ( on the family ) or just as, "the stain".

I often wondered why this was and looking through my ancestor's archives I came across something that may be a clue.
The convict ship manifests list all the convicts on board, their sentence and what they were convicted of. I was surprised to find that bestiality was a not an uncommon charge. Sometimes the lurid details were included, performing an unnatural act with a mare ( or an ass or etc etc )
So just what did all you Brits get up to in the 18th & 19th centuries? Maybe the cows were better looking than the women back then. The poor old Kiwis are still trying to throw off this colonial legacy.
And we've got a bloke that likes embracing crocodiles - now there's really rough sex for you.

JG/FME