@benno @hacks4pancakes yes, I find it fascinating how the american declaration of independence led to european settlement in new holland (currently known as "Australia")
I'm always amused when I mention this to Americans, and they are horrified :)
https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/convict-labor-during-the-colonial-period/
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2020/05/how-botany-bay-was-chosen-over-africa-as-a-new-british-penal-col
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