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∙ 7y agoThe first fleet arrived in 1788, and were the first British settlers.
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∙ 13y agoBritain first sent convicts to Australia with the First Fleet in 1788.
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∙ 13y ago80 years.
1788 to 1868
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What group of people did the British send to Australia to get them out of England?
Convicts
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.
Did the aborigines and the british convicts work together to build Australia's cities?
the british convicts did not aborigines
What is the history of the aborigines of Australia?
They settled from asia to australia 50,000 years ago. The british began to send convicts there and then they fought for their land. The british won, and today, we have less aborigines than we did before the war. (500,000)
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.
Which was an effect of British settlement of Australia?
Australia took their convicts in the beginning, now Australia takes their tourists.
Was sending the first fleet of british convicts to Australia a punishment or a blessing?
a punishment for convicts as Britain had no where else to put them
Who sent convicts from England to Australia?
Great Britain sent convicts to Australia. To be more specific, it was the British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, also known as Lord Sydney, who ordered the transportation of convicts to New South Wales. The city of Sydney, which grew from the first settlement, is named after Lord Sydney.
Where could Britain no longer send convicts after losing the American Revolution?
GEORGIA (US STATE) was the prior destination where British convicts would be sent. After the American Revolution this was no longer viable because Georgia was part of the newly sovereign United States. This resulted in Britain sending their convicts to 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.
What did England use Australia for?
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.
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.
