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The British set up the first Penal colony in Australia in NSW. They created a prison for the british convicts. This became the first colony in Australia.
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Not all people stayed in NSW, some people went to Van Diemen's Land which is TASMANIA they did this before the French claimed it, it became a secondary punishment for the convicts who commited crime in NSW!!!
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The british officially claimed New Holland and changed into Western Australia and 1850 convicts were sent there to provide labour to develop the economy!
