------=_NextPart_000_0233_01C5DBA2.B53F8130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable CJP Yes that is the spin they put on it.=20 Actually they imported convict labour to build the early infrastructure of = the Swan River Colony, roads etc. They make a distinction between a colony that was founded as a penal colony= and used convicts to build the general civil infrastructure and ones which= were founded as civil colonies and used convicts to build the general civi= l infrastructure. Andrew ------=_NextPart_000_0233_01C5DBA2.B53F8130 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
CJP <Incidentally, WA was never a major penal colony= or=20 involuntary tourist destination - exile, maybe, but not=20 transportation>
 
Yes that is the spin they put on it.
 
Actually they imported convict labour to build the earl= y=20 infrastructure of the Swan River Colony, roads etc.
 
They make a distinction between a colony that was found= ed as a=20 penal colony and used convicts to build the general civil infrastructure an= d=20 ones which were founded as civil colonies and used convicts to build the ge= neral=20 civil infrastructure.
 
Andrew
 
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