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Western Australia was the last state in Australia to receive convicts. New South Wales had abolished transportation of convicts in 1840.

The last convict ship, the "Hougoumont", left Britain in 1867 and arrived in Australia on 10 January 1868.

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The first group of convicts to Western Austalia was not referred to as the "first fleet". Convicts arrived in response to demand from the settlers for convict labour.

The first group of convicts to populate Fremantle, Western Australia, arrived on 1 June 1850.

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