Let's send 'em far away
After much huffing and puffing over many glasses of port and the occasional cup of tea, the nobs decided that the place to send them was New South Wales, where hopefully they would all die. But seriously, they would be so far away they would hopefully never come back. And if they all die, who gives a toss?
Make no mistake about it, Britain setting up a colony in New South Wales was not much different from Australia deciding to establish a colony on the moon. If they had trouble, there was just no way Britain could, or perhaps would, come to rescue them. Indeed, by the time the nobs heard of their trouble, there's every chance that whatever was going to happen had already happened.
Still, the colony happened and survived. We know that. But, perhaps it was the port. Or, maybe it was the tea. Or, dare we suggest it was the inbreeding, but they didn't think about what might happen later on, as the convicts completed their sentences and looked around for something to do.
Make no mistake about it, Britain setting up a colony in New South Wales was not much different from Australia deciding to establish a colony on the moon. If they had trouble, there was just no way Britain could, or perhaps would, come to rescue them. Indeed, by the time the nobs heard of their trouble, there's every chance that whatever was going to happen had already happened.
Still, the colony happened and survived. We know that. But, perhaps it was the port. Or, maybe it was the tea. Or, dare we suggest it was the inbreeding, but they didn't think about what might happen later on, as the convicts completed their sentences and looked around for something to do.