That's a myth. The English did colonise Australia for the sole purpose of transporting criminals (this was during the industrial revolution when crime was so high that people were deported for stealing bread). However Australia is a hugely multicultural society. At the High School I went to over 70% of student's parents came from overseas, so the chance that you are actually descended directly from a penal colonist are extremely small. Also far more convicts were transported to the US before the war of independence. And as for our government, take a look at your own.
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That's a myth. The English did colonise Australia for the sole purpose of transporting criminals (this was during the industrial revolution when crime was so high that people were deported for stealing bread). However Australia is a hugely multicultural society. At the High School I went to over 70% of student's parents came from overseas, so the chance that you are actually descended directly from a penal colonist are extremely small. Also far more convicts were transported to the US before the war of independence. And as for our government, take a look at your own.