Kassidy timeline

  • Period: to

    1768 - 1771

    Including Dutch East Indies, Austrilia, New Zealand
  • 1770

    Captain James Cook sailed aroound Australia. He also named the area new south wales
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    1772 - 1771

    Including New Zealand, Friendly Islands, Easter Islands
  • Period: to

    1776 - 1779

    Including Hawaiian Islands, California, Alaska
  • 1787

    British ships called the "First Fleet" left England with convicts to establish a prison colony
  • 1788

    British prisoners settled in Australia
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    1788 - 1832

    New South wales was offically a penal colony consisting mainly of convicts, marines, and marines families
    Only 20% of the convicts were women
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    1833 - 1850

    it was a destination for the hardest convicted british and irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having re-offended after arrival in Austrlia
  • 1861

    goverment officals created boundaries for the colonies that are in this place today
  • 1901

    the commonwealth of austrilia was established