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History of Australia
→Establishment of the colony: 1788 to 1792: Deleted comment. The partial quotation and comment on it is misleading. What Arthur Phillip wrote in his memorandum of c. September 1786 was, “As I would not wish Convicts to lay the foundation of an Empire, I think they should ever remain separated from the Garrison, and other settlers that may come from Europe, & not be allowed to mix wth them, even after the seven or fourteen years for which they have been transported have expired” </ref>HistoriTag: Reverted