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On 18 January 1788 the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay, which Joseph Banks had declared suitable for a penal colony after he returned from a journey there in 1770.
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The fleet then relocated to Port Jackson
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Phillip raises the British flag at Sydney Cove.
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Govenor George First issued tickets of leave to any convicts who seemed able to support themselves in order to save on providing food from the government store. (Default date)
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In the 50 years of transportation to Tasmania there were around 75,000 convicts transported. Thats nearly half of the total population of convicts that were sentence to imprisment in Australia.
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From 1810, convicts were seen as a source of labour to advance and develop the British colony. Convict labour was used to develop the public facilities of the colonies - roads, causeways, bridges, courthouses and hospitals. Convicts also worked for free settlers and small land holders.
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In 1824, the penal colony at Redcliffe was established by Lieutenant John Oxley.
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The colony of Van Diemen's Land was established in its own right in 1825
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Twenty per cent of these first convicts were women. Many free women seeking employment, were sent to the 'female factories' as unassigned women. The Parramatta Factory grew as an enclave for pregnant women and also served as an orphanage from the 1830s. (default date)
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Transportation to the colony of New South Wales was offically abolished on October the 1st 1850.
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When the last shipment of convicts left in Western Australia in 1868, the total number of transported convicts stood at around approximately 162,000 men and women. They were transported here on 806 ships. 806 ships! imagine how long it would of took if the first fleet of ships took 8 months. (default date)
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On January 9, 1868, Australia's last convict ship arrived with 269 convicts.