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Is it true Australia was established by crimminals? |
Travel Info I heard Austraila was founded by prisoners sent to do time there from another country. Is that true? Travel Tips Yes, that is true. Britain used Australia as a penal colony (to ease the burden on the jails in Britain and to rid the country of criminals). The convicts came to Australia on the First Fleet, many became free and settled in Australia. I am a direct descendent of a First Fleet convict, a young woman convicted to transportation for stealing some material. There are so many times when I am sitting on the beach, on a lovely sunny day that I am so pleased that she was sentenced to Australia, or I would be living in Britain! Others The Australian Colony was founded by England. And yes it was set up to send convicts there due to overcrowding of england's jails. Pretty much yep .... Criminals from England were sent here because their gaols were too full When those criminals had finished their sentence instead of being taken "home" they were just set free ... that's mostly who settled Australia That's True, prisoners sent to remote place in ancient times auz was originally established as a penal colonie of great brittain so it was not founded by but populated by criminals but then so was the usa and many other countrys Sort of :-) Convicts were sent to colonies such as Australia and those in North America by the British government to solve prison overcrowding. Being established by them implies that they set up the government - which is not true. This is not to say that there are not criminals in government now :-) An interesting comparison between the US and Australian culture is that Australia is friendlier and less strict because it was populated by criminals. The US was populated by religious nuts and they developed differently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/convicts... |
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