bob10
23rd December 2020, 06:01 PM
Britain had an urgent problem after it lost its American colonies: where to send its convicts. It settled on NSW after rejecting other options, but the new spot didn't exactly live up to its billing.
From Captain Cook to the First Fleet: how Botany Bay was chosen over Africa as a new British penal colony (theconversation.com) (https://theconversation.com/from-captain-cook-to-the-first-fleet-how-botany-bay-was-chosen-over-africa-as-a-new-british-penal-colony-128002?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekend%20Conversation%20-%201814417639&utm_content=The%20Weekend%20Conversation%20-%201814417639+CID_2086eb7acd9c4466e32badc7dcb783c5&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=From%20Captain%20Cook%20to%20the%20First% 20Fleet%20how%20Botany%20Bay%20was%20chosen%20over %20Africa%20as%20a%20new%20British%20penal%20colon y)
From Captain Cook to the First Fleet: how Botany Bay was chosen over Africa as a new British penal colony (theconversation.com) (https://theconversation.com/from-captain-cook-to-the-first-fleet-how-botany-bay-was-chosen-over-africa-as-a-new-british-penal-colony-128002?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekend%20Conversation%20-%201814417639&utm_content=The%20Weekend%20Conversation%20-%201814417639+CID_2086eb7acd9c4466e32badc7dcb783c5&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=From%20Captain%20Cook%20to%20the%20First% 20Fleet%20how%20Botany%20Bay%20was%20chosen%20over %20Africa%20as%20a%20new%20British%20penal%20colon y)