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⏲ Duration: 30 min 59 sec ✓ Published: 31-Mar-2016
Description: Short History of the World explores the sites of Australia’s convict past from the beginning of transportation in the late 18th Century to the present celebrations of Australia Day.nnThe First Fleet of ships carrying 700 convicts left England in 1787.Presenter Ian Wright describes the 15,000 mile voyage from Portsmouth Harbour via Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town to Botany Bay in Australia.nnIan looks at how the convicts built up settlements on arrival in Sydney Harbour which was the foundation