2006-12-01 16:14:33 · 6 answers · asked by kuai g 1 in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Sydney
In 1780 when they couldn't send anyone else to America.
2006-12-01 16:17:57 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The first settlement was Sydney. The prisoners were not confined to detention centres all the time. They lived mostly in an area called the Rocks.
2006-12-05 05:55:47 · answer #2 · answered by girl from oz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a good book explaining it at called The Fatal Shore.
It s extremely well written with full of details.
Maybe too much for you!
Uh! The book tells 655 pages...
The writer is Australian and a journalist called Robert Hughes.
" In 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government send a fleet to colonize Australia... "
Here might be the answer...
2006-12-03 06:22:09 · answer #3 · answered by klaartedubois 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were built by prisoners sent from england in early 1900,s.
2006-12-02 00:16:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You may want to reword your question. What you said doesn't make sense.
2006-12-02 00:24:47 · answer #5 · answered by steven 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you in one now ;)
2006-12-03 01:29:58 · answer #6 · answered by Hunter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋