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Year:
1786
Short description:
First penal colony in Australia started in Botany Bay,
Medium description:
[Burchfield states 1788 as does Knowles]
[Crystal states 'first fleet' in 1788]
Tags:
history of English
in Australia
Fennell, B. A. (2005). A History of English: A Sociolinguistic Approach. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. [p.169]
Burchfield, R. (2002). The English Language. New York: Oxford University Press [p.166]
Knowles, G. (1979). A Cultural History of The English Language. London: Arnold [p.139]
Crystal, D. (1997). English as a Global Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [p.35]