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What was the year when convicts first came to Australia?
Convicts first arrived in Australia in January 1788.
How many ships came to Australia in 1788?
Eleven ships came to Australia with the First Fleet of convicts in 1788.
What percent of convicts that came to Australia was catholic?
thirty percent
Where did convicts come from?
The convicts who landed on the shores of Australia originally came from England. Later fleets included Irish, Scottish and Welsh, but the majority were English. The Irish who came were often political convicts, sent for their rebellion against England.
Did the English bring Christmas to Australia?
Yes. Christmas was a tradition that came to Australia with the English convicts and officers of the First Fleet.
What was unusual about the first British settlers who came to Australia in 1788?
The people who were to build the government were convicts.
What did the convicts of Western Australia do in 1829?
There were no convicts in Western Australia in 1829. The first convicts in Western Australia only arrived in 1850.
Who established Australia?
The best answer to this is "convicts", under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip.The first European settlers in Australia were English convicts and the marines who came to supervise them. The convicts built the roads, bridges and buildings, tilled the land for farming, and really were the ones who established the country.
Why is Australia Day an historic event?
Because it was the day Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet of 11 ships of convicts came to Australia
How did dogs come to Australia?
The first dogs, or canines, in Australia were dingoes, which came to Australia with the Aborigines. The domestic dog came to Australia with the First Fleet of convicts and officers. There were Captain Arthur Phillip's greyhounds, along with an unknown number of younger dogs and puppies.
What kind of people came to Sydney in 1788?
The people who came to Australia in 1788 were the convicts, officers and marines who arrived on the First Fleet. These people made up the first official European settlement in Australia.
How did the convicts travel to Australia?
There was only one way for convicts to travel to Australia, and that was by way of wooden ships.
