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Because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Remove the criminal element from Britain and they believed that it would solve the criminal problem.

Far from it, it made no difference.

However, the "criminal's" had the last laugh, They were blessed with a country with perfect weather, glorious beaches and magnificence scenery.

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The first convicts arrived on the First Fleet on 26 January 1788.

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The very first convicts arrived in Australia with the First Fleet on 26 January 1788.

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The first criminals sent to Australia were the convicts who were transported with the First Fleet. They arrived in Port Jackson on 26 January 1788.

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