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To start a new country
To research foreign plants
To set up a new penal colony
There was no purpose, they stumbled across Australia by mistake
Captain Cook
Captain Arthur Phillip
Captain John Smith
Captain Ed Burrows
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Stealing food
Pick pocketing
Counterfeiting coins
All of the above
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260 days
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252 days
The main room of a prison.
Where convicts were kept after they were apprehended.
A floating prison the government made out of old ships to house convicts before transportation.
Where families could visit with the convicts.
Port Jackson had better views
They reached Port Jackson first
Botany Bay was too windy
Botany Bay had no fresh water
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A report that was filled out when the convict arrived in Australia about their appearance.
A license given to the convict when they arrived.
A convict passport
A convict working visa
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