Backbencher

Lecture 4 was "Settlement: Convicts and Pilgrims." We found that Australia began as a country of convicts sent there from Great Britain. The first convicts were sent to a certain rocky area of Australia known as Botany Bay. The British did also settle other areas besides Botany Bay, such as Van Dieman's Land , New South Wales, and the last area Western Australia. New Zealand was not settled by convicts, but was a planned colonization. The government provided small areas of land that needed to bought for a certain price. The British had the idea to make New Zealand a smaller version of Great Britain. The discovery of gold hindered the British’s plans because of the immigration of Asians, and Americans to area.

I liked this lecture because I enjoy listening about the convict heritage of Australia. The Aussie’s are very proud of their convict heritage while New Zealanders look down upon a convict heritage. I also enjoyed hearing about the British's plan to create a New Britain in New Zealand. It is kind of similar to the United States problems with illegal immigrants. History has seemed to be consistent. Where there is money, there are people. The gold of New Zealand can be symbolized today as the American economy. There seems to be no way to control immigration.