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rising water levels at around 8,000BC. Convicts started being transported to Australia in 1770 which
was a disaster for the Aborigines. Captain cook arrived in Botany Bay and claimed Australia for Britain.
The 18th century life was hard and even small crimes were severe in Britain. Sometimes prisoners
would be sentenced to transportation. After the American War of Independence (17751783)
transportation wasn't possible anymore and the government began looking for another place for the
transportees which was selected to be Botany Bay.
On 13.05.1787 11 ships set sail from Portsmouth. 759 convicts were on board, most of them
guarded with Captain Arthur Philip in command.The reason for founding a colony in Australia wasn't
the riddance of unwanted people. The British may have hoped to found a naval base in the Pacific,
sources of timer and flax. They arrived on 26.01.1788. Things were hard for them and food was short.
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