A student is writing about early European settlement in Australia and wants to correctly identify the origins of early free settlers. Which statement should the student use?

A student is writing about early European settlement in Australia and wants to correctly identify the origins of early free settlers. Which statement should the student use?

• AEarly free settlers came from Great Britain and Ireland.Correct
• BEarly free settlers came mainly from Asia and Africa.
• CEarly free settlers came only from New Zealand.
• DEarly free settlers came from South America.

The correct statement is that early free settlers came from Great Britain and Ireland, as given in the fact.