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Was sending the first fleet of british convicts to Australia a punishment or a blessing?
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a punishment for convicts as Britain had no where else to put them
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Did the aborigines and the british convicts work together to build Australia's cities?
the british convicts did not aborigines
Which colony was mostly inhabited by convicts?
The colony that was mostly inhabited by convicts was Australia. In 1788, the British established a penal colony in New South Wales, which later expanded to include other areas of Australia such as Tasmania. These convicts were sent to Australia as a form of punishment from British prisons.
What was started by British convicts?
European settlement in Australia was started by British convicts, together with officers, marines and in some cases their families.
What group of people did the British send to Australia to get them out of England?
Convicts
Which was an effect of British settlement of Australia?
Australia took their convicts in the beginning, now Australia takes their tourists.
What kind of settlers did the British first send to Australia?
The first European settlers in Australia (specifically New South Wales) were convicts, officers and marines. The convicts were literally the ones who built Australia.
When did the British capture slaves from Australia?
The very first group of British prisoners, known as convicts, arrived and disembarked in Australia on 26 January 1788. They were part of the First Fleet, the group of eleven ships which carried convicts, marines and some of their wives and children, and officers, departing Portsmoum England in May 1787. British convicts continued to be sent to Australia until the 1860s.
When did corporal punishment start in Australia?
Corporal punishment started in Australia in the late 18th century with the British penal colonies, where convicts were savagely flogged with 100s of lashes with the cat'o nine tails. The native aboriginies were horrified at the brutality of the floggings that the British introduced, so that the aboriginal women cried when they witnessed floggings being inflicted. And yet, the British had the audacity to refer to the aboriginies as 'savages' whilst considering themselves to be 'civilised'.
What percentage of british settlers in Australia come from convicts?
Convicts formed a large percentage of the Australian population for the first few decades of settlement.
Who brought the sport swimming to Australia?
It is commonly perceived that the convicts forcibly expelled to Australia by the British Government brought the sport of swimming to Australia. It was known that the Maori who inhabited Australia were scared of the Sea, and thus it took the convicts living in Australia to bring about these changes
How many convicts were sent from England?
Prior to the revolutionary war which formed the USA, another 60,000 convicts were sent to North America (some sources say 50,000). About 165,000 British convicts were transported to Australia between 1788 and 1868. British convicts were also sent to Canada, as well as to its outposts in India, the Cape of Good Hope, Bermuda and Mauritius. Figures for these convicts are unknown, particularly as some of them were then sent on to Australia.
What was unusual about the first British settlers who came to Australia in 1788?
The people who were to build the government were convicts.
