Australia has lapsed back into a PENAL COLONY!
What most Americans do not realize is that from 1718 until 1775, convict transportation to the American colonies flourished. Some estimates claim that almost 10 percent of migrants to America during this time were British convicts. This means, if you had ancestors in the American colonies during that time, they might have come as unwanted convicts, against the will.
https://www.familytree.com/blog/british-convicts-in-american-colonies/