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The British initially used it as a gigantic prison camp for convicts from Britain.
Altogether 160 000 men, women and children were deported from Britain to Australia, where
they led a very hard life.
At the beginning of the19th century free settlers began to arrive from Britain in large
numbers since it offered many stimulating opportunities. The Aborigines were cruelly
suppressed, and it is only recently that white Australians have begun to acknowlege
Aborigines' rights to their sacred lands.
The settlers soon discovered that many of the animals as well as the plants of Australia
were unlike those that were found anywhere else. Among te animals were kangaroos and
wombats and koalas. They carry their babies in pouches. There were platypuses and spiny
anteaters, too the only mammals in the world that lay eggs. Among the strange birds were
emus, lyrebirds, and black swans.
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