When the English first colonised Australia, they used it as a place to send their excess prisoners: in other words, Australia was originally established as a penal colony for British convicts. When the North American colonies refused to accept any more prisoners, the great continent in the Southern Hemisphere had considerable appeal as a prison from which convicts were unlikely to return.
There were also many resources in Australia which the British hoped to utilise, as well as the continent being in a prime strategic position for defensive purposes in the South Pacific.
a place to build prisons on and keep convicts in
Australia was originally used as a penal colony by the British government in the 18th and 19th centuries. Over 165,000 convicts were transported to Australia between 1786 and 1868.
Convicts were exiled there by lord Sydney, hence the name for the capital city. it was a penal colony.
Prison colony
Australia play England for the Ashes.
For use as a prison colony
It's played in cricket between England and Australia.
australia and england are friends when they want to be. i am from england and i dont mind the australians.
No, Australia does not belong to England. Australia was originally colonised by England, and under English rule, but the last of these ties were severed with the Australia Act of 1986.
England Has never ever given Australia any thing but their governmental and legal tradition. The relationship between Australia and England relied on what England had to gain out of it,
Yes. The greatest number of WikiAnswers Contributors are American (about 80% are in the US). Then comes Canada, then England, then Australia.
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The size of England is 50,346 square miles while the size of Australia is 2.97 million square miles. England therefore fits into Australia 60 times.
in cricket the prize that England and Australia play for is call the ashes