Australia timeline

By Tflinders

  • The Dutch discover australia

  • Period: to

    3 voyages were executed by james cook around australia

  • Captain James Cook Sailed around australia

  • British ships left England to make Australia a penal colony

  • British Prisoners settled in Australia

  • Period: to

    Australia (New south wales at the time) Was officially a penal colony

    Australia consisted mostly of Marines (Guards) Convicts and the marines family
  • Period: to

    Tasmania was the island where the worst convicts were sent

  • Government Officials created boundaries for the colonies

  • The British stopped transporting prisoners

  • The Commonwealth of Australia was established

  • Australia act

    All ties with the British were severed

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