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the colony of NSW
The colony of NSW was colonised In 1788 by captain Arthur Philip and the first fleet. In the first fleet there were 11 ships . some for convicts and some for naval workers. they colonised NSW because there jails were overcrowded ever since the war of independence so they discovered Australia and sent convicts there. -
the colony of tasmania
on the 16 of September 1803 Tasmania(then Van Diemen’s Land)was colonised as a penal colony. Tasmania was colonised to expand the colonies in Australia -
the colony of Victoria
On the 1 of october 1803 Victoria was declared a colony.it was a penal colony.They made Victoria a colony because they wanted to firstly, expand on Australias number of colony’s and finally, because the French were looking for a colony in Australia near Victoria -
the colony of Queensland
Queensland was colonised by john Oxley in 1824. It was colonised as a penal colony but in 1839 convicts stoped getting shipped to Queensland. after 1842 free settlers could move to Queensland. on the 6 of June 1859 the queen signed letters patent saying that Queensland can separate from NSW and get a seprate government. -
the colony of western Australia
On the 2 of may 1829 the Swan River colony was established and made into a penal colony by Captain James Stirling. The only reason the English colonised Western Australia is to stop the French from getting a colony in Australia. -
the colony of South australia
The colony of South Australia was established in 1836. It was a colony of free settlers unlike all of the other colony's In Australia at the time. After considering the problems of the other colony’s Edward gibbon Wakefield thought of a new design of a colony which involves ‘systematic colonisation‘ settlers needed more than 35000 euros because a block of land cost that much in England back then. Settlers also needed trades such as farming or building. -
the colony of south australia
you also needed to be at a certain age to raise a family.
