Which city did David Collins found as a secondary colony?
Cairns
Hobart
Darwin
Adelaide
Answer
Hobart, founded in 1804, was the second settlement established by the British in Australia after Sydney. David Collins, the Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales, led a group of convicts and free settlers to establish a settlement in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). Hobart served as a penal colony for much of the 19th century.
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