Australian Colonies

By Adam.Pagliuca
  • First Fleet

    First Fleet

    They set up the first penal colony in Botany Bay to house the convicts from England. This colony became the first colony in NSW

  • Van Diemen's Land

    there were sealers in Van Diemen’s Land. Not all people stayed around Sydney.

  • The British Settlemen

    Two years later the British government officially claimed the whole of New Holland.

  • South Australia

    South Australia was established as a free colony in 1836.

  • European settlement

    In 1847 the colony of North Australia was created with its main settlement at Port Curtis.