 ... seem to me that its earlier history makes a very inspiring or profitable reading. The attention of the Imperial authorities was not turned towards it until it became a matter of urgent necessity to find some place to which criminals could be transported....  History of European Colonies - Side 131av Edward John Payne - 1873 - 408 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Ramananda Chatterjee - 1917 - 514 sider
...find some place to which criminals could be transported. Some means had to be devised for disposing of the convicts who could no longer be sent to the American colonies, and Australia offered a satisfactory solution of the difficulty. During the earlier years of its history... | |
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