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... Botany Bay . These convicts , male and female , with troops and a handful of officers sent to guard them , were the people who founded Australia . Some of the convicts were hardened criminals , but many had been convicted and sentenced ...
... Botany Bay . These convicts , male and female , with troops and a handful of officers sent to guard them , were the people who founded Australia . Some of the convicts were hardened criminals , but many had been convicted and sentenced ...
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... Botany Bay , having lost by death on the long voyage , one marine , a marine's wife and child , thirty - six males and four females , and five children . Within six months an epidemic of dysentery raised the convict death - roll to ...
... Botany Bay , having lost by death on the long voyage , one marine , a marine's wife and child , thirty - six males and four females , and five children . Within six months an epidemic of dysentery raised the convict death - roll to ...
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... Botany Bay on March 10th and were never seen by civilized man again . La Perouse's fate was unknown until Captain Dillon of the Research in 1827 discovered traces of the expedition at Manicolo , New Hebrides . In the meantime Phillip ...
... Botany Bay on March 10th and were never seen by civilized man again . La Perouse's fate was unknown until Captain Dillon of the Research in 1827 discovered traces of the expedition at Manicolo , New Hebrides . In the meantime Phillip ...
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The Coast of Doom I I | 11 |
The First British Landing | 21 |
Columbus of the South | 26 |
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