What attracted settlers to Upper Canada the most was an abundant supply of good, cheap (and often free), agricultural land.
Free settlers came to Australia for two main reasons:unemployment in England forced them to seek a better life in Australianew opportunities were offered in Australia, particularly as many early free settlers were given land grants
Convicts and free settlers to Australia
South Australia and Western Australia were the two Austalian colonies to be settled by free settlers alone, with no convict presence. Only South Australia, however, remained convict-free, as Western Australia campaigned to have convicts to use as free labour about fifteen years after the initial settlement.
The free settlers farmed farms in Australia. Convicts did also
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offered free land to pioneers willing to start new farms
offered free land to pioneers willing to start new farms
The very first European settlers in Australia (not including the Aborigines who were the first inhabitants) were a mix of convicts, officers and marines, and free settlers, all of whom came from Britain.
there was only one colony that was established by free settlers and that was South Australia. the rest were developed with penal colony characteristics
The colony of South Australia was not established as a convict settlement because, by the 1830s, on further penal colonies were required in Australia. The main reason for settlement in South Australia is that the British Government wished to establish a colony on the southern coast, securing its claim against the possibility of French incursions.
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