Penal Colony
The people who were to build the government were convicts.
Most settlers came from Europe. The British settled here. People later mostly came from Ireland.
The first settlers came from Europe. Mainly from France and England
I assume the question relates to the deportation of prisoners from England to our penal colonies being established in Australia (and elsewhere)? The problem was simply to remove the prisoners somewhere else. In 1787, the 'First Fleet' departed from England, to establish the first British penal colony settlement in Australia.
They were all part of the american revolution and were some of the first colonys.
The British put their prisoners there.
It was a prison colony so most of the first settlers were british prisoners
Australia
Australia was colonised by British prisoners. The British government sent a fleet of convicts and officers, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, to colonise the land that James Cook had named and claimed as "New South Wales".
British and French were the first settlers of Canada.
The British
the first british settlers in australia were exiled convicts
Celtic peoples.
When Georgia first became a state,It was made up of mostly prisoners, bums and slaves.
The people who were to build the government were convicts.
No. At that time, there was no Australian government.
The first European settlers in Australia (specifically New South Wales) were convicts, officers and marines. The convicts were literally the ones who built Australia.