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Prisoners as Colonists
The American Revolution forced the British to stop sending prisoners to Georgia, since Georgia was a penal colony at the time. Great Britain had to start looking for another place to send its prisoners. Australia seemed like a good choice because there was no chance of ecsaping, no colonoes surrounded it and very few indigenous people settled there. -
New South Wales
New South Wales was officially a penal, prsion, colony that consisted of mainly convicts, marines, and those marines families. -
British Prisoners
The Bristish prisoners settle in Australia. -
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New South Wales
New South Wales was officially a penal, prsion, colony that consisted of mainly convicts, marines, and those marines families. -
Port Author, Tasmania
From 1833 untill the 1850s, it was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having reoffended after their arrival in Australia. The island of the dead was the destination for all who died inside the prison camps. -
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Common Wealth in Australia
1861: Government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today. January 1st 1901: the Common awealth of Australia established. Melbourne served as the national capital until Canbera was completed in 1927. -
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Australian Act
All legal ties with the British empire were severed. 55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic. Only 20% of the first convicts were women. Today, Australia is a parliamentary democracy. -
white Australia
Originally Australia promoted a policy called White Australia. They would not allow non Caucasians to immigrate to Australia.