Australian History 1300 to 1830 By makaylamutton Dec 31, 1300 Marco polo discusses Great unexplored South land. Marco polo discusses Great unexplored South land. Dec 31, 1600 Various Europeens explore Australia Dec 31, 1606 Willem Janscoon sights Australia coastlne Dec 31, 1769 Captain Cook explores East coast of Australia Dec 31, 1770 Captain Cook sails into Botany Bay and claims Australia for Britain Dec 31, 1788 First Fleet sails into Australia Dec 31, 1792 Almost 4300 convicts are settled in Australia Dec 31, 1795 Exploration of Astralia begins Dec 31, 1803 William Buckely escaped the colony Dec 31, 1813 Blaxland,Lamson and Wentworth cross Blue Mountains Dec 31, 1830 Sheep industy thrives in Australia