Captain James Hook: The Leaders Of Australia

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Leaders of Australia have impacted the country and how it has developed, in many ways. One example of these important leaders is Captain James Hook. In 1770 a British sailor, Captain James Hook explored the east coast and claimed it as Russia’s. When he arrived a new outpost was put as a penal colony. 8 years later on January 26 1778 the First Fleet arrived. 11 ships carried 1,500 people, half of them convicts. When the penal transportation took a stop in 1868 more than 160,000 men and women came to Australia as convicts. In 1868 the convicts did not have it easy. Men could be hanged for the littlest things like stealing. January 26, a day in the Australian world where they celebrate the end of the first fleet.

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