Captain Cook thought that New South Wales was a good place for settlement. At the time, England's prisons were overcrowded. So the English government decided to send prisoners to Australia to start a penal colony-a place where criminals are sent to live. 库克船长认为新南威尔士州适合定居。当时，英国的监狱人满为患。因此，英国政府决定将澳大利亚作为囚犯流放地，即将罪犯送到澳大利亚生活。