australian history By Jasmine123 1290 two more fleets arived 1604 enclosure acts 1760 steam powered was invented 1770 Cook and his crew first sighted Australia on 19 April 1775 convicts stoped 1785 house of commons 1787 left Portsmouth in with more than 1480 men 1788 captain Arthur philip was govern 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson 1788 With the establishment of a settlement at Sydney in 1793 first fleet arived 1800 huge growth in populations 1810 govener lachlan arived 1911 australia wholly divi into six colonies