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Australia was originally settled as a penal colony. English convicts, together with officers and marines, were sent on the First Fleet to New South Wales in 1788.


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How long has there been white settlement in Australia?

The first British settlement was founded with the arrival of the First Fleet in Port Jackson on 26 January 1788.


What did the English use Australia for?

During the early years of Australia's colonial settlement, the English used Australia as a dumping ground for their unwanted convicts.


What was the country that founded Australia?

Britain initiated white settlement in Australia by establishing a penal colony as an overflow for their crowded prisons.


How did Captain Cook help shape early Australia?

James Cook explored and charted the eastern coast of Australia (he did not discover Australia). He and botanist Joseph Banks, who was aboard the Endeavour with Cook during this journey, proposed that Australia be settled as a penal colony. His reports of the continent were far more favourable than those of fellow Englishman William Dampier, who had only landed on Australia's far northwestern shores. Cook therefore helped shape Australia because his reports were directly responsible for the subsequent settlement of the land, even though this occurred eighteen years after Cook's mapping of the coast.


Why did south Australia have no convict settlement?

The colony of South Australia was not established as a convict settlement because, by the 1830s, on further penal colonies were required in Australia. The main reason for settlement in South Australia is that the British Government wished to establish a colony on the southern coast, securing its claim against the possibility of French incursions.

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What type of Settlement was the Australian settlement?

Australia is an Urban Settlement.


What country was responsible for the white settlement of Australia?

England was responsible for establishing the first white settlement in Australia.


Where Did The First Settlement Come From?

The first settlement in Western Australia was by the British.


What harbor became the site of the first English settlement in Australia?

Sydney Harbour was the site of Australia's first European settlement.


What was cooks recommendation about Australia being a place for a settlement?

Well, Cook said that Australia was a good place for farming, and a good place for a new settlement.


Why was the settlement of South Australia different from other states?

South Australia was the only state to have never had convicts. Unlike the eastern colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania, the first settlement in South Australia was not a penal settlement; and unlike Western Australia, it did not engage convict labour later on.


Which was an effect of British settlement of Australia?

Australia took their convicts in the beginning, now Australia takes their tourists.


How did the discoveries shape the settlement of the west?

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What is Australia's shape?

Australia's shape looks a little like an upside down sheep.


The first European settlement in what country was a penal colony?

The first European settlement in Australia was a penal colony.


What is the shape of algae?

Algae is the shape of Australia


How did the settlement of Australia and New Zealand affect the native people there?

where did the new Zealand settled in Australia