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First Fleet
They sailed from Portsmouth, England. There were eleven small ships in the first fleet Their where two naval ships six convict ships and three store ships for supplies -
Arirved at Tenerife
The First Fleet arrived at Tenerife stayed a week and took on supplies of fresh food -
They sailed over the equator
The first fleet crossed over the equator. -
They Arrived at Rio de Janeiro
They arrived at Rio de Janeiro stayed for a month repaired their sails to continue sailing. -
They Reached Table Bay
They reached Table bay which now they call CapeTown. -
They reached the middle of the indian ocean
The first fleet reached the middle of the indian ocean. -
They reached Van Diemans Land
They arrived at Botany Bay after sailing from Van Dieman’s Land. -
Arrived at Port Jackson
The members of the first fleet went ashore at Port Jackson to start a settlement. -
The Gold Rush in Bathurst.
The gold rush in bathurst was one of the most places to have gold. -
The Gold Rush
Australian prospectors struck gold on February 12th, 1851. Minor discoveries of gold were made in Australia in the early days, but it was the Californian goldrush of 1849 which sharpened interest. -
eureka stockade
1854 was when the soldiers came and started shooting at the miners and six of the soldiers died and over 125 miners were taken to jail and many were seriously in injured. -
Gold
Gold is a soft metal with a number of interesting properties. -
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