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Nine transported convicts who helped build Australia
Australia has a rich and diverse culture and history, but the stigma of being a nation of “convicts” is difficult to escape.
More than 162,000 prisoners were shipped from Britain and Ireland between 1788 and 1868, and their descendants make up about 20 per cent of the population, according to…
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