australian history

australian history

Period: Mar 19, 1606 to Mar 19, 1927

dutch

Mar 20, 1606

the first europeans to visit were the dutch but they didn't stay there

captian james cook

Mar 22, 1770

captian james cook left england to explore the south seas

first fleet

Mar 20, 1787

british ships called the first fleet left england with a bunch of convicts to establish a prison colony

convicts

Mar 1, 1788

in 1788 england sent a crew to australia to begin building to house convicts

prison colony

Mar 19, 1788

in 1788-1823 the colony of new south whales was a penal(prison) colony housing many convicts, marines, and families of marines

port author

Mar 20, 1833

port author wass the destonation for the hardest of convicts

government officials

Mar 20, 1861

government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today

prisoners

Mar 20, 1868

british transported prisoners to australia until 1868

gold rush

Mar 21, 1872

the austarlians experianced a gold rush in the 19th century

commonwealth

Mar 20, 1901

the commonwealth of australia was established