Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The effect of the discovery of goldfields in Victoria in 1851-52 was that a great stream of free non-convicts from Europe began to flow into Australia. Reason (R): To prevent any further introduction of undesirable convict immigrants, the Legislature passed the Convicts Prevention Act in 1852 in Victoria. In the context of the above statements, which of the following is correct?

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

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