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2024-03-16 13:55:57 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E931C0B0A0FEE492D642607A77EF669D4C8E397E32552C974C678FFD6146F5A7
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The post implies that Australia was founded by people fleeing Britain. Australia, however, was a penal colony where British prisoners were sent. What ensued was genocide of the native people. Nobody was “fleeing” Britain. https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/Convicts_and_the_Colonisation_of_Australia,_1788-1868 https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20120126-travelwise-australias-penal-colony-roots
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