Early Settlement Of Australia

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  • Transported The Criminals

    About 50,000 British criminals were transported to colonies in America.

  • AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

    Hostilities with Britain brought transportation to a halt.

  • King George |||

    The colony of New South Wales was proclaimed by King George III

  • Hulks Were Overflowing

    British prisons and hulks began to over-flow.

  • Sending Convicts To NSW

    British parliament informed that Lord Sydney had agreed to send convicts to New South Wales.

  • 11 Ships Left Portsmouth

    The 11 ships of the FIRST FLEET left Portsmouth under the command of Capt Arthur Phillip. Different accounts give varying numbers of passengers but the fleet consisted of at least 1,350 souls of whom 780 were convicts and 570 were freemen, women and children and the number included four companies of marines. About 20% of the convicts were women and the oldest convict was 82. About 50% of the convicts had been tried in Middlesex and most of the rest were tried in the county assizes of Devon, Kent

  • The First Fleet Arrived At Botany Bay

    The fleet arrived in Botany Bay but the landing party was not impressed with the site, and moved the fleet to Port Jackson and settled in Sydney Cove.

  • First Free Settlers Arrived

    First free settlers arrived.

  • Rum Rebellion

    The Rum Rebellion was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australian history. During the 19th century, it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion.

  • TASMANIA

    The colony of VAN DIEMEN'S LAND was established in its own right and its name was officially changed to TASMANIA.

  • WESTERN AUSTRALIA

    WESTERN AUSTRALIA was established when a small British settlement was established at King George's Sound (Albany) by Major Edmund Lockyer who was to provide a deterrent to the French presence in the area.

  • SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    The British province of SOUTH AUSTRALIA was established. It became a crown colony and its area was extended westwards to its present boundary and more area was taken from New South Wales.

  • NEW ZEALAND separated from New South Wales.

    NEW ZEALAND separated from New South Wales.
    NEW ZEALAND separated from New South Wales.

  • VICTORIA separated from New South Wales

    VICTORIA separated from New South Wales
    VICTORIA separated from New South Wales (formerly known as the Port Phillip District of NSW. Apart from castaways and runaway convicts in the 1790s, the first attempt at settlement was made on 13/10/1803 by Lieut David Collins and his party of soldiers and convicts. Harsh conditions convinced him to abandon the settlement.

  • Gold Rush

    The Australian gold rushe was a period of time where workers, both more locally and from overseas, went to areas which had discoveries of gold deposits.

  • Eureka Stokade

    The Battle of the Eureka Stockade (by which the rebellion is popularly known) was fought between miners and the Colonial forces of Australia on 3 December.

  • QUEENSLAND separated from New South Wales

    QUEENSLAND separated from New South Wales
    QUEENSLAND separated from New South Wales. In 1824 the explorer Lieut. John Oxley took a party of 30 convicts and established a penal colony at Redcliffe. Known as the Moreton Bay Settlement, this later moved to the site now called Brisbane. The name Brisbane Town was in use by 1825 and the main inhabitants in the area were the convicts of the Moreton Bay Penal Station until it was closed in 1839.

  • NORTHERN TERRITORY

    NORTHERN TERRITORY
    In 1825 the area occupied today by the NORTHERN TERRITORY was incorporated into the colony of New South Wales. It was first settled by Europeans in 1824 at Fort Dundas, Port Essington.

  • Women's Suffrage

    Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote and to stand for electoral office. Limited voting rights were gained by women in Sweden, Finland and some western U.S. states in the late 19th century. National and international organizations formed to coordinate efforts to gain voting rights, especially the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (1904), and also worked for equal civil rights for women.

  • The Federation of Australian States

    The Fedoration of Australian States took place.

  • White Australian Policy

    The white Australia policy was when the chinese people got angry at the white people because they made a law that you can't mine unless you have a licence.

  • AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

    The AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY was established.