TIL Britain didn't colonize Australia solely

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TIL Britain didn't colonize Australia solely because its prisons were overcrowded. Historians say fears that France would establish colonies and challenge British trade and naval power in the Pacific were a major reason they invested heavily in establishing Australia in 1788.
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How a 'red herring' may have stopped the French from colonising Australia

If it wasn't for a series of events in Britain, France and at sea, Australia could have a very different history.

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