Britain's Effect
In 1768, Captain James Cook of England set out to find Australia in the Endeavour. In 1770, King George III claimed the possession of Australia's east coast which he named 'New South Wales'. The main use for New South Wales was to hold convicts in jails that were built throughout New South Wales. This overcrowding of newly built jails took place in 1775. In 1779, a botanist named Joseph Banks recommended that Britain use Botany Bay in New South Wales for penal settlement. When the British came across the aborigines, there was immediate bad blood. Neither the aborigines nor the British could respect the cultural aspects of the other group. The aborigines worked in the traditional manner while the more modernized country of Britain relied on newer techniques to work. This difference eventually led to Britain taking control of the aborigines.