New South Wales was originally settled by about one thousand people, most of them convicted criminals,
a. but they gradually died out due to famine and disease.
b. but they were soon displaced by British ranchers, who needed the land for their sheep.
c. but voluntary migrants outnumbered convicts within 50 years.
d. who were pardoned and given the opportunity to purchase land.
e. and it remained a penal colony until 1905.
Answer: C