Everyone loves to forget that America was also a British penal colony[1]. They also love to forget that America also has the highest rate of incarceration in the developed world[2].
Stop with the "Australia is a penal colony" bullshit.
Australia was a penal colony... Botany Bay was a penal colony...
I'm confused by your asking to stop spreading ... truths? Sure, people don't mention that America was also a penal colony, but that doesn't mean Australia wasn't, too.
And, Australia was sort of the British replacement for their American penal colonies.
Stop with the "Australia is a penal colony" bullshit.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_colony
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcerat...