Australia A Concise Political And Social History

rigin of the village of the botany bay laurel , New South WalesName of AuthorCourseName of ProfessorDateOrigins of the Colonization of the Botany Bay , New South WalesThe first closedown established in the Australian soil was the Botany Bay , New South Wales . The eminent reason of making a settlement as explained by the then British governance was to transport the pris unmatchedrs detained in the overcrowded gaols and prison hulks of the terra firma . But on the contrary many historians rent argued that thither were some other greater gallant reasons and motives behind the establishment of a colonisation in such a far away country . Professor F .G . Clarke is one of those historians who have argued that the greater imperial and military reasons were the primary motives of establishing a colony there . This leave alone discuss the credibility of this argument on the bases of the evidences available regarding the British government of that timeThe foundation of Clarke s argument is based on the attempts of several(prenominal) European powers before mob Cook to discover Australia and expenditure it as a key strategic and trading substance . In his book Clarke has argued that most European nations since the 17th hundred have been striving to find the Terra Australis Incongnita or the unknown southerly land . The Dutch were the first to touch the shores of the continent notwithstanding they deem it barren and incapable of being advantageous of their moneymaking(a) ambitions .

He further asserted that it was the loss of the American colonies and the western sandwich part of the empire , which forced the British authorities to grimace towards the east and establish a base camp there The increasing threat of the Spanish and the French in the pacific and the Atlantic oceans and the control of all the major sea routes pencil lead to the Indian Empire was also a major business organization behind this decision Moreover the increasing vulnerability of the British navy due to its dependence on the Russian timber and flax also forced the British to find other resources , so Botany Bay was considered a place where both these commodities could be produced efficientlyBut when these claims are viewed in the context of the historic evidences available and the point that most of the earlier historians believed on the convict colony conjecture and that the imperial motive theory has been a recent one to justify this so called ludicrous step taken by the Pitt government , they does not seem that convincing . Most historians have clearly pointed out with the references of several documents and correspondences undertaken by those who advocated the idea of colonizing Botany Bay and the response of the government official that it was the proposers like Joseph Banks and James Matra , who actually portrayed the picture of strategic and commercial benefits of the liquidation . On the contrary the government officials ignored these proposals because it was only fire in getting rid of the convicts emptying its overcrowded hulks and gaolsThe social scenario of England...If you demand to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

If you want to get a full essay, wisit our page: write my paper