Question

Most of the 1,300, British settlers who landed in Australia in 1788 were

A) soldiers.
B) prisoners.
C) gold seekers.
D) religious pilgrims.

Answer 1

B. Prisoners were the first settlers to land in Australia
Australia became a sort of home that convicts were sent to. Before that Australia was inhabited by its native people called the aboriginals.

Answer 2

The British originally used Australia as a prison so B) Prisoners.