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Captain James Cook was born on the 7th of november 1728 in England. He was a British exploner, navigator, cartographer and captain in the Royal Navy.
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Captain Arthur Phillip was born on the 11th of october 1738 in London, England. he was a Royal Navy officer, the first Governor of New South Wales and a founder of the British penal colony that later becamethe city of Sydney, Australia.
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In the 1700s the British goverment faced a mojor problem. The country's prisons were overflowing, and newly independent United States refused to take any more of Britain's wanted convicts.
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Before prisoners were transported to Australia, they wereHeld on prison Hulk were:
The first Convict Settlement Botany Bay (Sydney Cove) was the site of the first penal In the New South Wales. Repeat Offenders Convicts who repeatedly broke the rules of the penal settlements were sent to new far away, even harsher
Convict Children
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In 1804 the authorities in New South Wales faced the first serious challenge to their rule. A group of convicts, mainly from ireland, began a largescale rebellion against the British authorities in Australia.
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Algernon Talmage create a painting of Captain Arthur Phillip in 1937. The painting was when he raise the British Union Jack at Sydney cave. This painting was called The Founding of Australia.
