Early Australian and Kelly Era

By oakleighssyr7
  • Convicts Arrive

    Convicts Arrive

    Convicts were sent to Australia as a punishment for crimes
  • Period: to

    Early Australia

  • Free Settlers

    Free Settlers

    Free settlers started to arrive with the promise of land.
  • Squatting became legal

    Squatting became legal

    Many squatters became quite wealthy at this time.

  • Ned's Father transported to Australia

    He came from Ireland.
  • Penal Settlement

    Penal Settlement

    Australia was a penal settlement made up of British colonies in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania.

  • Ned is born

  • Ned rescues drowning boy

  • Ned's father dies