Here are the main reasons you would not be eligible: 1  You have not met the eligibility requirements. 2  You have been found guilty of a felony, or pleaded guilty to a felony.
1788: Captain Arthur Phillip establishes a convict settlement at Sydney Cove. Captain Arthur Phillip RN was the commander of the First Fleet of 11 ships that sailed into Botany Bay, New South Wales, in January 1788. Three days later he chose a site at nearby Sydney Cove, in Port Jackson, and on 26 January began to establish a convict settlement.
Captain Henry Avery was a naval officer in the 1690s who became a pirate. He left his wife and son, Toby, behind in England. His wife died in his absence. Captain Avery had much of the rest of his treasure hidden in the crypt of a church outside a small Cornish village, under the care of Joseph Longfoot. (TV: The Smugglers)