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With the early transportation of convicts to Australia , 99% were from Britain , being England , Scotland , Ireland & Wales.
The "Other" 1% , consisted convicts from 5 other countries. What were those countries ?
 
dutch russian india canada chinese

While the vast majority of the convicts to Australia were English and Welsh (70%), Irish (24%) or Scottish (5%), the convict population had a multicultural flavour. Some convicts had been sent from various British outposts such as India and Canada. There were also Maoris from New Zealand, Chinese from Hong Kong and slaves from the Caribbean.
 
During the 1920s, a geologist named Michael Terry, crossed the Tanami Desert searching for minerals. He utilized different modes of transportation, one of which was camels, the other, Morris six wheeled vehicles. In 1928, this became the first motorized transportation to cross the continent.
 

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