History of Australia

By brianna2003
  • European Exploration: Dutch

    European Exploration: Dutch

    First Europeans to sail to Australia were the Dutch (Netherlands)
  • Commonwealth of Australia#3

    Commonwealth of Australia#3

    Melbourne served as the national capital until Canberra was completed
  • European Exploration : British

    European Exploration : British

    Captain James Cook sailed around Australia
    Cook named the area New South Wales
    Ignored the Aborigines living there & claimed the land for England
    Sailors also mapped the coast eastern Australia
  • First Fleet

    First Fleet

    British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony
  • Firt Fleet

    Firt Fleet

    British prisoners settled in Australia
  • Port Arthur, Tasmania

    Port Arthur, Tasmania

    From 1833, until the 1850s, 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#1

    Commonwealth of Australia#1

    government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today
  • New South Wales

    New South Wales

    British transported prisoners to Australia
  • Commonwealth of Australia#2

    Commonwealth of Australia#2

    the Commonwealth of Australia was established.
  • Australia Act

    Australia Act

    all legal ties with the British Empire were severed