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Britain was crowded, There were too many convicts due to little jobs being avalible. The war of Independance made sure USA didn't get any more convicts and the jails were bursting at the seems. Joseph Banks (famous Botanist on Cpt Cook's ship) suggested Australia as a great convict settlement.
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Why did Britain want a new colony in Australia?
Cause Australia has black people
When did Britain first used the New South Wales colony - now Australia - as what?
Britain first used the NSW colony as a convict colony, beginning in January 1788.
Has Australia ever been under colonial rule?
All of the states of Australia were originally separate British colonies.
Australia was orginally established as a?
Australia was originally established as a convict colony. Prisoners from Britain were sent to New South Wales, the site of the first European settlement in Australia, in 1788.
What country was colony with Great Britain?
Pakistan, India, South Africa, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Somalia.
Who settled Australia as a prison colony?
Australia was originally settled as a penal (prison) colony by Great Britain in 1788. The first Governor who established the colony at Sydney was Arthur Phillip. Great Britain in 1788.
Where was Australia's first gaol?
Australia's first gaol was, theoretically, Sydney Cove. The settlement of Sydney in New South Wales was established as a penal colony and populated by convicts from britain.
Which middle colony was bordered Pennsylvania to the north?
The colony you seek is New York.
When did Charles Fremantle claim Western Australia for Britain?
Captain Charles Fremantle officially claimed New Holland (now Western Australia) for Great Britain on 2 May 1829. The colony did not become known as Western Australia until a month later, on 8 June.
Why did Australia need Britain when it was still new?
As you probably know, Australia was a prisoner colony. In other words: They started from zero and had to import every thing -- as every colony in its beginning. After some time, resources were discovered. As far I know, they had to import alcohol, because they were limited by regulations from Britain. If you do some further researches, you can find out, which resources Australia doesn't have, but they have most of them. Also they needed new prisoners to work on the big farms. These could also just come (in these early times) from Britain.
When did Western Australia become a state or territory?
Western Australia has always been part of the continent of Australia. However, the colony of the Swan River in Western Australia was claimed as territory of Australia, rather than remaining as New Holland, in 1829.In 1829, Captain Charles Fremantle was sent to take formal possession of the remainder of New Holland which had not already been claimed for Britain under the territory of New South Wales. On 2 May 1829, Captain Fremantle raised the Union Jack on the south head of the Swan River, thus claiming the territory for Britain. The Swan River Colony was officially renamed to Western Australia in 1832.
Where is the distribustion of genus peripatus?
Africa (Cape Colony, Natal, and the Gaboon), New Zealand, Australia and Tasmania, New Britain, South and Central America and the West Indies, the Malay Peninsula [and in Sumatra ?].
