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Why did Great Britain send convicts to Australia?
- aBecause British laws were harsh and the prisons were too fullCorrect answer
- bBecause Australia had asked Britain for more farm workers
- cBecause Britain wanted them to search for gold
- dBecause Britain needed builders for a parliament in Canberra
Why?
British laws at the time punished even small crimes harshly, so the prisons ran out of space. Sending convicts overseas was a way to deal with this.
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