Colonization Australia

By Manny110

  • European Exploration: Dutch

    First Europeans to sail to Australia were the Dutch (Netherlands) in 1606, but they didn't settle there

  • European Exploration: British

    Captain James Cook sailed around Australia

  • British Ships

    British ships called the "first Fleet" left England with convicts to establish a prison colony.

  • British prisoners

    British prisoners settled in Australia
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    New South Wales

    New South Wales was officially a penal (prison) colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines (guards), and the marines' families
  • Period: to

    Port Arthur, Tasmania

    From 1833, until the 1850, it was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having re-offended after their arrival in Australia

  • Commonwealth of Australia

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

  • New South Wales

    British transported prisoners to Australia until 1868

  • Commonwealth of Australia

    The Commonwealth of Australia was established.

  • Commonwealth of Australia

    Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was Completed in 1927