Indigenous by Laurence

By 5/6History22

  • 1699

    William Dampier in 1699, and the First Fleet arrived in 1788

  • 1770

    Lieutenant James Cook, captain of HMB Endeavour, claimed the eastern portion of the Australian continent in 1770, naming it New South Wales.

  • 1788

    1788
    On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia.

  • 1838

    indigenous genocide