Nicholas B Australian Colonisation Timeline

Industrial Revolution

Period: Dec 24, 1760 to Dec 25, 1861

http://econweb.rutgers.edu/ewhite/EurEcHist/The%20Industrial%20Revolution.ppt

American Civil War

May 9, 1865

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/overview.html

The First Fleet And A Brithish Colony

Dec 24, 1978

Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet, comprising 11 ships and around 1,350 people, arrived at Botany Bay between 18 and 20 January 1788. However, this area was deemed to be unsuitable for settlement and they moved north to Port Jackson on 26 January 1788, landing at Camp Cove, known as 'cadi' to the Cadigal people.