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There were approximately 165,000 convicts sent to Australia all up, over a period of 80 years from 1788 to 1868. (1)
Our first free settlers rocked up in 1793. Between 1793 and 1900, at least 900,000 free immigrants arrived in Australia. (2)
By 1889, Australia had over 3,000,000 people living in it.
Between 1901 and 2000, more then 5,600,000 legal immigrants arrived in Australia. (3)
As of today, Australian population is approximated to be 22,709,550 (4)
So from the first free settler in 1793 'til 2000, about 7,000,000 free immigrants have arrived in Australia; That's approximately 42 free immigrants to every 1 convict... so is Australia full of convicts? I'll leave you to decide.
Bibliograpy
1: http://www.australianhistory.org/convicts
2: http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/toausp01.shtml
3: http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/federation/federation.pdf
4: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Web+Pages/Population+Clock?opendocument
There were approximately 165,000 convicts sent to Australia all up, over a period of 80 years from 1788 to 1868. (1)
Our first free settlers rocked up in 1793. Between 1793 and 1900, at least 900,000 free immigrants arrived in Australia. (2)
By 1889, Australia had over 3,000,000 people living in it.
Between 1901 and 2000, more then 5,600,000 legal immigrants arrived in Australia. (3)
As of today, Australian population is approximated to be 22,709,550 (4)
So from the first free settler in 1793 'til 2000, about 7,000,000 free immigrants have arrived in Australia; That's approximately 42 free immigrants to every 1 convict... so is Australia full of convicts? I'll leave you to decide.
Bibliograpy
1: http://www.australianhistory.org/convicts
2: http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/toausp01.shtml
3: http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/federation/federation.pdf
4: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Web+Pages/Population+Clock?opendocument
