Phoenix's Australian Colonisation Timeline

  • The first explores of Australia

    The first explores of Australia

    Willem Janzoon
    Luíz Vanz de Torres
    Dirk harthog
    Federick De Houtman
    Abal Tasman
    James Cook
    William Dampier
    Willem De Vlamingh
  • The industrial revolution

    The industrial revolution

    The industrial revolution was a hard time for workers as they struggled to make money.
  • American civil war

    American civil war

    American civil war was about fighting for land
  • Jails getting full

    Jails getting full

    People were losing their jobs by the machines and lead them to steal.
  • Captain James cook looking for land

    Captain James cook looking for land

    He was looking for land to place the convicts on.
  • The first fleet

    The first fleet

    The first fleet arrived at Botany Bay but the people where disappointed with there landing and moved the fleet to port Jackson landing in Sydney cove on the 26 of January 1788 now celebrated as Australia Day.
  • The steam engine is invented

    The steam engine is invented

    Thomas Newcomen had made the first ever steam engine it is not very useful yet but it'll be helpful in the industrial revolution.
  • The first telegraph

    The first telegraph

    Samuel Morse invents the telegraph, which allows messages to be sent quickly over a wire. By 1860, telegraph wires stretch from the east coast of the United States west of the Mississippi River.
  • The second fleet

    The second fleet

    The second fleet of convicts had arrived at Sydney Cove to port Jackson.
  • The spinning Jenny

    The spinning Jenny

    James Hargreaves invented the spinning Jenny, he was a carpenter and the machine would spin wool and make yarn.
  • Children working

    Children working

    Children were working because of the poor families they had so they could earn money.
  • The third fleet

    The third fleet