Collins' secondary colony was intended to relieve overcrowding from where?
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Answer
The answer is Sydney. Collins' secondary colony was established in Van Diemen's Land (present-day Tasmania) in 1803 to alleviate overcrowding in Sydney, the primary British settlement in Australia. The overcrowding in Sydney was due to the rapid influx of convicts and free settlers, as well as the limited resources and infrastructure in the colony.
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