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**Australian Early White Settlement**

In January 1788, the first fleet of settlers arrived consisting of two warships, three supply ships and six ships arrived in Australia with approximate 850 convicts on board. Between the years 1788 and 1850, there were a total of 162,000 convicts who were sent to Australia in 806 ships from Britain. The British settlement in Australia was to provide a place of punishment where convicts would be sent. The majority of convicts were offenders who were found guilty of minor crimes against the British society. The Aboriginals saw the European settlement as an invasion as they considered it to be their land. The conflict between the Aboriginals and the European settlers resulted in the massacred of the Aboriginals.

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