First idea of riddance of bad characters--James I removes certain dissolute persons--Sale of criminals as indentured servants to American Colonies and West Indies--Prices and profits--American Revolution closes this outlet--Discoveries by Captain Cook leads to the adoption of Botany Bay as the future receptacle--First fleet sails March, 1787--Settlement made at Port Jackson, christened Sydney--Landing of convicts--Early labours--Famine and drought--Efforts to make community self-supporting--Assisted emigration a failure--General demoralisation of society--Arrival of convict ships and growth of numbers--Unsatisfactory condition of Colony. News of the discoveries, by Captain Cook, of vast lan…
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