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In 1770 Joseph Banks declared suitable for apenal colony
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On 18 January 1788 the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay
On 18 January 1788 the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay -
On 26 January 1788 Phillip rasied the British flag at sydeny cove
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On 26 January 1788 phillip,with a party of officers and marines
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From 1788 to 1823,The colony of nsw was officially a penal colony
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1788-1792-Governor Phillip founded a system of labour
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One more convict fleet arrived in 1790
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One more convict fleet arived
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the first fleet settlers arrived in1793
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By the mid-1800s they were also being sent directly to destinations
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1810-Convicts were seen as a source of labour
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1821-Convicts formed the majority of the colony's population
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1822-23- This view was adopted by Commissioner Bigge
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1830s-The parramatta Factory grew as an enclave for pregnant women
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1830s-Around six per cent of the convict population were 'locked up'
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by 1852-About 1,800 of the convicts ha dbeen sentenced in Wales.