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In January 1788, the anchors of the
sea-battered ships of the First Fleet rattled down into the sparkling waters of
Sydney Cove and 780 of England's most unwanted were herded ashore by their guards,
British Navy Marines The convicts were bullied into some semblance of order to
view the raising of
the English flag as Australia became the farthest outpost of the largest empire the world
has ever seen.