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While he was sailing he ignored the Aborigines living there & claimed the land for England. He also named the area New South Wales
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British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony. -
The penal colony is a distant or overseas settlement established for punishing criminals by forced labour and isolation from society. In the beginning, Georgia is the penal colony.Great Britain had to start looking for another place to send its prisoners. SO they choose Austarlia.
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The first fleet had brought the British prisoners to Australia. -
New South Wales was officially a penal colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines, and the marines’ families. -
it was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having re-offended after their arrival in Australia.
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government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today. -
the Commonwealth of Australia was established. -
federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines
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all legal ties with the British Empire were severed
