Australian continent
the British settled massachuttes
"Van Diemen's Land" became Tasmania in 1855, over sixty years after British colonists settled the Australian continent.
Africa.
Probably because there were few people settled enough to buy them and put them to work. The British were still sending debtors and criminals to be indentured servants.
Australia was first settled as a penal colony, housing the excess convicts from England. However, this was not its only purpose. It was set up to become its own self-sufficient colony as the British wanted a strong presence in the Pacific. The continent also provided the British Empire with natural resources.
the first british settlers in australia were exiled convicts
the British people settled in Georgia the colony
One of the reasons why platypuses are found only in Australia is likely to be because of the lack of predators in Australia. Introduced predators such as foxes and environmental changes brought by Man have caused more damage to the platypus population than the few native predators. With the exception of Antarctica, which remains largely uninhabitable, Australia was the last continent to be settled by Europeans, so the platypus has been able to thrive here.
Brazil - settled by the Portuguese Guyana - settled first by the Dutch, then by the British Suriname - settled by the Dutch French Guiana - settled by the French
The English colonies settled on the continent of North America.
One of the events that settled the question of which country controlled the North American continent was the Monroe Doctrine. Other events that settled that question were the Battle of Quebec, and the American War of Independence.