It is not an opinion but just a historical fact that Australia started as a massive penal colony. Between 1788 and 1868 the British government sent over 160000 convicts to the continent because their own prisons were overflowing.
Most modern nations were founded on some kind of political ideology or religious movement but Australia was founded as a solution for the UKs criminal problem.
The fact that the Australian flag still has the Union Jack on it makes the origin story even less surprising.
People forget that Australia was built to be a prison
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