British Settlement and Colonisation

By mckinlaynicholas

  • Willem Jansz

    Discovers New Holland

  • William Dampier

    Discovers Tasmania

  • why did the british colonies Australia

    Because Britain and America had more in the prisons for the crooks and were all full so 1480 were more than 11 fleet Australia .

  • James Cook

    Lands Botany Bay

  • End of American Civil War

    America no longer can take convicts from England. British need to find another place to transport convicts.

  • Captain Arthur Phillip

    Captain Phillip leaves England for Australia-1st Fleet(11 ships)

  • Arrival 1st Fleet

    Captain Phillip arrives in Botany Bay.

  • Captain Phillip Port Jackson

    1st Fleet arrives |port Jackson(Sydney settlement)-Sydney Harbour.
    166,000 convicts were transported to Australia
    Sydney named after Lord Sydney(Home Secretary of colony)

  • 2nd Fleet

    The 2nd fleet landed in Sydney Harbour(6 ships-4 convict ships)

  • Food Shortages

    1790's-food shortages, lack of useful land fro crops; settlement expanded to Hawksbury area.

  • NSW Corps

    NSW Corps established and land granted to soldiers, who developed successful farms.

  • Captain John Hunter

    Captain John Hunter replaced Captain Phillip

  • Bass and Flinders

    Bass and Flinders sailed around and mapped Tasmania.

  • Captain Phillip King

    Captain Phillip King replaces Captain Hunter

  • Hobart Settlement

    Tasmania-Hobart settlement established

  • Captain Bligh

    Captain Bligh's crew mutiny

  • Rum Rebellion

    Governor William Bligh was put out of office and government overthrown.

  • Lachlan Macquarie

    Lachlan Macquarie replaces Captain Bligh as Governor (1809-1821)

  • Blue Mountains Crossing

    Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson cross the Blue Mountains to open up new territory for the NSW colony.

  • Tasmania Colony

    Tasmania becomes a separate colony.