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Industrial reveloution
Overcrowded prison in Britain. Britain had to find a new place for their criminals High unployment in Britain. People were poor and had to steal to survive Crime levels increased. The prison population increased -
Van deimens land
Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. -
Gold rush
The Australian gold rush was a large number of gold discoveries in Australia. Thousands of people came to Australia in the hope of finding a lot of gold and becoming rich. The rush started in 1851 when gold was found near Bathurst, New South Wales and ended with the last rush in 1893 to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. At each place gold was easily found in rivers and creeks. This was known as alluvial gold and could be found by individual miners using very basic equipment such as a spade -
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American civil war
Britain could not send any prisoners anymore
